DMCA

Nulled Themes and Plugins

Dan Knauss

August 1, 2022

My first experiences with "nulled" (or back in the day "cracked") software date back to the golden days of the Atari 8-bit and Commodore Amiga. Blank floppy disks were cheap, and like most kids, I did not have a lot…

Good news: GitHub has reinstated the…

Dan Knauss

November 20, 2020

Good news: GitHub has reinstated the YouTube video downloader youtube-dl that the RIAA claimed was a piracy tool. 👏 More importantly, GitHub is formalizing a policy to evaluate complaints and also establishing and donating $1 Million (USD) to an open-source…

The EFF also pulled out of…

Brian Krogsgard

September 21, 2017

The EFF also pulled out of the W3C, in what seems a response to the W3C's support of Encrypted Media Extensions (EME), and specifically the implementation of DRM in the HTML working group; though I can't tell for certain. John…

Automattic wins $25,000 in case against DMCA takedown abuser

Brian Krogsgard

March 5, 2015

Automattic has been awarded just over $25,000 in damages in a case against a DMCA takedown abuser, to cover legal fees and company costs from the case. As the TorrentFreak article notes, while this is largely a symbolic win, it's…

Automattic files two lawsuits and strikes back at fraudulent DMCA takedown notices

Brian Krogsgard

November 22, 2013

WordPress News

Citing two recent cases of copyright law abuse, WordPress.com-owner Automattic has announced it’s backing ‘censorship’ victims by filing two lawsuits to deter future misuses. [editor's note: this is awesome.]