Posted 05/14/08 at 07:27:37 PM by Quinn Norton

Our latest columnist, Quinn Norton, explains where she stands on the thorny issues of copyright, fair use, and piracy.

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Posted 11/04/07 at 10:51:13 PM by Erin Simon

Copyright-maximalist and fair use-protecting principles for filtering user-generated content for copyrighted material butted heads this week.

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Posted 09/15/07 at 01:16:32 AM by The Maximum PC Staff

Half the staff is gone, but the true workhorses at Maximum PC soldier on to bring you more of the tech news you love.

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Posted 09/02/07 at 09:32:13 PM by Erin Simon

Viacom sends a DMCA takedown to a YouTube user for pirating material Viacom had pirated from him first. Infringement is a two-way street.

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Posted 05/02/07 at 02:01:23 AM by Will Smith

Censorship of a HD DVD encryption key sparked a massive online riot. That massive riot brought digg.com to its knees. Will Smith wonders if digg will recover.

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