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The Best of The Worst Hollow Copyright Claims (medium.com)

Posted by samzenpus on from the worst-practices dept.

tiltowait writes: Slashdot readers should be familiar with most if not all of these, but the list of 20 Hollow Copyright Claims is a somber reminder of the current sorry state of intellectual property laws in the United States--as anyone who's encountered a paywall or a takedown notice (or remembers Slashdot's run-in with Scientology) can attest. It serves as a call to arms that we not lose sight of the benefits to sharing knowledge.

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  1. Disney by IHateGrapes · · Score: 5, Informative

    Disney will be pushing for copyright extension in 5-6 years. It's obscene that the time between the Grimm Brother's original Snow White, and Disney's retelling, will soon be less than the time Disney's owned the copyright to their version of the Grimm fairytale.