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Copyright expert Nicholas Wells on the newest Google Bowling

Biznology

NW: The DMCA was pretty controversial when it was passed in 1998. There were two biggest concerns that the DMCA tried to address. The DMCA prohibited interfering with DRM even when use of the underlying material might not otherwise violate copyright. Congress agreed with that assessment and formalized it in the DMCA.

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Practical Cybersecurity for Marketing Agencies

ActiveDEMAND

Some example password policies: After an employee departs, any shared accounts that they had access to will have their password reset to a new, secure password. It’s currently at 1 million views, and we really need you to submit a DMCA claim to take it down and prevent further damage.”

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Website SEO Tips – Webinar Recording and FAQs – Part II

LeadSquared

Here is an example. File a DMCA complaint: If the blogger does not remove the content, file a DMCA complaint against the blogger. . Use Google Adwords tool to find out your desirable keyword. Add social media buttons to your content so that people share it online. Social signals work really well in Google.

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The History of the Google Algorithm

ClearVoice

2012 – Pirate The aptly named Pirate update generated negative rankings for Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests. This means that it’s unclear how many DMCA violations trigger a negative ranking factor. If Penguin found artificial links, Google assigned a negative value to the site involved.

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An Overview of the Major Google Algorithm Updates of 2014

Hubspot

Pirate: A search filter designed to prevent sites that have a lot of copyright infringement reports (as filed through Google''s DMCA system) from ranking well in Google''s listings. For your reference, here are the names given to Google''s algorithm updates that were relevant for 2014 and a brief description of each.

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Social Media Lawsuits Protect Yourself From Them | Guest Posts.

Convince & Convert

Todd Defren and Dell have both shared excellent examples to build from. As far the legal aspect, all a trademark/copyright holder has to do is submit a DMCA request and Facebook has to review and take action on it. Do you know of any examples where an IP holder had successfully removed infringing content posted by another user?

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Are People Stealing Your Content? How (and When) to Fight Back [SlideShare]

Hubspot

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) requires hosting providers and other processors of digital information to follow a pretty regimented procedure for removing infringing material. After you submit a DMCA takedown request, you''ve just got to wait. Luckily, you probably won’t even reach this last step.