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Submission Summary: 0 pending, 4 declined, 2 accepted (6 total, 33.33% accepted)

Submission + - YouTube Defending Select Videos Against DMCA Abuse

Submitted by Galaga88 on Thursday November 19, 2015 @12:41PM

Galaga88 writes: It's not a complete solution, but YouTube is going to begin stepping up to defend select videos in court on fair use terms, including covering court costs. Will this help stem the tide of bad DMCA takedown requests, or just help the select few YouTube doesn't want to lose?

Submission + - Amazon forbids crossing state lines with rented textbooks. (insidehighered.com)

Submitted by Galaga88 on Friday August 16, 2013 @12:45PM

Galaga88 writes: In what is probably another attempt to evade charging sales tax, Amazon's terms of use through Warehouse Deals forbids crossing state lines with certain rented textbooks. The penalty for doing so? Retroactive forced purchase of the book. At least it's yours to keep afterwards.

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