Copyright Infringment Lawyer, Internet Defamation, and Internet Privacy

World's Dumbest File Sharer Loses Case and Lawyer

As noted in The Register, the Thomas case surely marked a low point for both sides in the P2P wars. Now, Jammie Thomas has been fired by her own attorney who admittedly had no copyright or Digital Millennium Copyright experience.  The lawyer for Ms. Thomas apparently encouraged her to take the case to trial on principle, turning a likely $2,000 settlement into a $222,000 judgment against her.

Capital v Thomas DMCA Litigation: Damage Award Contested

Statutory damages are a huge weapon under the DMCA for copyright infringement, as well as other federal intellectual property states such as the ACPA for domain name cybersquatting.

Enforcing Your Copyright Under DMCA

How to enforce your copyright under DMCA:

1. Contact the website owner;
2. Send a Take-Down Notice to the Online Service Provider (“OSP”);
3. Send a Take-Down Notice to the Company that Registers the URL;
4. Send a Take-Down Notice to the Search Engines.

SEOmoz | Four Ways to Enforce Your Copyright: What to Do When Your Online Content Is Being Stolen

Does DMCA Cover Attempted Distribution and Copyright Infringement?

On Friday, EFF filed an amicus brief in Atlantic v. Howell, an Arizona lawsuit brought as part of the RIAA's national campaign against individuals for file-sharing. Although the case has received attention recently over the issue of whether CD ripping is legal, the main event in the case is about something different: can the RIAA sue people for attempted copyright infringement?