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Selected microblog posts from the past week:

• RT @VogeleLaw: Found: Mary Beth Peter’s testimony (via @cathygellis – thanks!) http://bit.ly/Cijau #gbs_hearing [US Copyright Register opposes Google Book Settlement]
• Google Book in the EU? http://ff.im/-7OYfA
• RT @MegLG: A Billion Dollar Test of the DMCA Safe Harbors in Viacom v YouTube http://ow.ly/om66 via Cyberlaw Cases

• RT @michaelgeist: Microsoft wins stay of injunction on Word. Case arises from patent claim by Toronto’s i4i.http://bit.ly/oDmLU
• IP Think Tank Blog looks at i4i v Microsofthttp://ff.im/-7zfKp
• AAR on UWA v Gray – Universities and their employees: who owns developed IP? http://ff.im/-7RmgI
• Hannahland: Ph D candidate on UWA v Gray http://ff.im/-7WcoR

• RT @filemot: Useful note on Bose case and reckless US trademark intent to use statements by foreignershttp://tr.im/yb7L

• Even the Australian doesn’t believe the Govt’s attempt to filter the web (RT @nicsuzor) http://ff.im/-7zg5v

• RT @IPThinkTank: ACTA 5th negotiation roundhttp://short.to/pqtt
• SPICY IP: WTO rules in favour of Brazil, allows for cross retaliation against U.S. IPRs http://ff.im/-7KvwX

Plagiarism Today’s list of top 5 DMCA mistakes (and some things to do to avoid them).

Plagiarism Today outlines 6 steps to try and identify the person you should be sending “notice and take down” notices under the DMCA to.

Apart from complaints under the DMCA there could be some useful hints (apart from the inquiry to the Copyright Register) under our scheme. Although, of course, under reg. 20C the carriage service provider is supposed to publish those details in a prominent place on their website.

Read the suggestions here.

If you have to send a take down notice to someone under the DMCA, send it to them and not their parent:

Prof. Goldman here; Plagiarism Today here.

Under our legislation, the notice must be sent to the carriage service provider’s “designated representative” (Reg. 20D) and the carriage service provider must publish a notice on its website prominently identifying the designated representative, and their contact details, to whom such notices should be sent: Reg. 20C.

Of course, all this begs the question, what on earth (or in cyberspace) is a “carriage service provider”? (Unhelpful) hint via s 10 of the Copyright Act, look at s 87 of the Telecommunications Act 1997.

Plagiarism Today tries to unravel how Twitter (attempts to) deal with claims that material posted infringes copyright.

Short of the odd haiku or authorisation, shouldn’t there be some prize for  infringing in 149 characters or less?

Plagiarism Today considers Google’s new Blogger contact form for DMCA notfications here.

If you are trying to work out who is hosting a website and where it is being hosted, you might be interested in this discussion of the Netcraft toolbar.

Note:

1. this is only for those using Firefox or Internet Explorer.
2. Use at your own risk!