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Copyright Troll USCG Violates Copyright

Posted by kdawson on from the do-as-i-say dept.

omarlittle writes "The US Copyright Group — a company owned by intellectual property lawyers, which has been in the news for threatening downloaders of the movie Hurt Locker — has apparently stolen their site from a competitor. At one point, even the competitor's phone number and copyright statement were copied word for word on USCG's 'settlement' website. The competitor is reportedly going to send a Cease & Desist."

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  1. Sentor Hatch and Copyright. by Camel+Pilot · · Score: 4, Interesting

    This reminds me of Senator Hatch who used unlicensed copyrighted software on his official website but then attempted, believe it or not, to pass legislation that would allowed the recording industry to remotely automatically destroy computers when they discovered that their copyrighted music was being downloaded.

    You couldn't invent this stuff...

    http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2003/06/59305