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This summer has many blockbusters coming to the theaters. The most anticipated one, for me at least, is The Dark Knight. I can't wait to see Joker go head to head with Batman. Some other big movies coming soon are Indiana Jones and The Incredible Hulk. And make sure to go see Iron Man if you haven't seen it yet.
Our featured post today comes from jawn_tech. He asks how would you handle a copyright complaint? For example what is the code of ethics for YouTube videos? Could any video be removed from YouTube for arbitrary reasons under the claim of copyright violation? What would you do?
As for the remaining posts, the first asks do all "bad" outbound links hurt you? The next post discusses potential problems with buying domain names with country extensions. Our final post today is looking for a good anti-spam plugin for wordpress.
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 How Would You Handle a Copyright Complaint?
There's one issue that is shared among many websites, from video-sharing communities, to short-story outlets and article distribution sites. That is the dreaded issue of copyright infringement. It deals with what to do when someone claims that their (or someone else's) copyright has been treaded upon, and whether or not the complaint has any merit -- or an attempt at arbitrary censorship.
Let's take one example, as mentioned in an article at wired.com. A Finnish YouTuber who went by the name of STSanders rose to fame by his hilarious parodies of rock guitarists and bands, in what was called "shreds". It gained the attention of some famous musicians depicted in these parodies, and his creative humor even earned him a guest spot on Jimmy Kimmel. However, according to a YouTube insider, all it took was complaints from 3 artists without a sense of humor (in contrast to the many that had one and praised his work), for YouTube to deactivate his account.
However, just as there is copyright protection, there are also protections in place that cover parodies and "fair use". The same YouTube insider also said that in order for STSanders to get his account (and his work) reinstated, he would have to hire a lawyer to appeal the infringement claims.
It's worth noting that this wasn't a court ruling -- it was solely YouTube's decision to pull the plug based on complaints (3). This also begs the question, to take it a step further -- can anyone along with a few cohorts get just about any video removed from YouTube , for arbitrary reasons under the claim of copyright violation? In this case, the burden of proof seems to rest on the accused, not the accuser. And as we all know, hiring a lawyer to appeal can be costly.
Legal fees can also be realized by YouTube, who may not want to shell out dollars for every instance of copyright complaints just to see if the case has merit. Therefore, it's much cheaper and easier to simply pull the video and leave the legal fees to the accused to make their own appeal.
Where am I going with this? Perhaps any of you have, or are thinking of starting a website where you would publish user-generated content. Though there are some safeguards you can put in place, such as having a disclaimer for them to acknowledge that they are the creative owner of the work, such safeguards are only good until a complaint is made. Perhaps the complaint is legally valid. Or perhaps it's a case of someone simply not liking someone else's article / story / video for other reasons. Or yet, maybe it's just malice.
Then you are faced with a decision. What would you do?
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Search Engine Optimization Forum
Do All "Bad" OBL's Hurt You?
Here's a theoretical. I think it's safe to say there's a consensus that OBL's (outbound links) to 'bad neighborhood' sites can hurt your site's ranking. Specifically, they can possibly get your site removed from search results completely, leaving you begging for reinclusion (not to mention begging for link love back from the ibl's that deserted you).
However, sites can grow to become hundreds, if not thousands of pages -- each containing OBL's. Over time we're now talking about hundreds or thousands of links. This means, over time the possibility grows that perhaps one of those links, if not more, has since become a site that would constitute a bad OBL.
So, maybe the cutting-edge article you wrote on your blog a year ago linked to what was then an informative URL, and now it leads to an illegal gambling site with doorways, viruses, cloaks, and daggers.
Is one to perpetually monitor all outgoing links on their site, no matter how old they are? Is the age of the page a consideration? Is the value of the link a consideration (i.e. 1/1,000,000)? What are the considerations?
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Search Engine Optimization Forum
Potential Problems With Buying Domain Names With Country Extensions
I wonder is it possible to hyperlink using HREF to a dynamic URL? I've created a eNewsletter for my client and hope to hyperlink to some of the web pages but the website is built using ASPX.
The website is advantage and the sections I tried to link to are the "What's New". The 4 pages show the same URL so I guess there is no way I could directly link to it. Anyway it gave me error when I tried to do so.
Could anyone kindly enlighten on this? Many thanks in advance.
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Internet Security Discussion Forum
Best Wordpress Anti-Spam Plugin
I am looking for a good anti spam plugin for wordpress.
• I have akisment, but want to stop the bots even before then.
• I have used Challenge (math equation - but that does not even slow em down.
• I tried Captcha Godfather, but it does not work properly.
• I tried antispam image plugin - still no joy.
Anyone have a spam bot proof one they can suggest?
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