Movie Company Demands $10K From BitTorrent Pirate, Court Awards $750
After roughly two decades of pirated movies being shared online, movie companies are still trying to find a way to stem the flow. Despite its aggressive actions elsewhere, most Hollywood studios have largely shied away from targeting individual pirates with lawsuits. The same cannot be said about a relatively small subset of companies, who are very happy to target thousands of them worldwide, demanding cash settlements in lieu of a...
Tech Giants Want EU ‘Safeguard’ to Proactively Remove Pirated Content
Prominent tech companies such as Twitter, Facebook and Google, all respond to takedown notices, as they are legally required to do. Major copyright holder groups believe this is not enough. They have repeatedly called on these platforms to do more to curb online piracy. This is a controversial issue, as the EU Copyright Directive negotiations highlighted last year. The public at large fears that proactive measures such as automated...
In it together: When your manager is your greatest advocate
For this installment of the “Managing with Open Values” series, we met again with Allison Matlack, an Open Organization Ambassador, to discuss her experiences using open values to manage her team by empowering individuals and creating partnerships, so everyone can feel accountable for their work. read more Powered by...
