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Security quotes of the week

Posted Aug 16, 2012 7:40 UTC (Thu) by Seegras (subscriber, #20463)
Parent article: Security quotes of the week

> This ranking change should help users find legitimate, quality sources of
> content more easily

Yes, and of course gives some content-sellers the tools they need to get free and public domain content de-ranked.

This is NOT just targeted at illegal copies, this is a tool of war against competition of every kind.


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Security quotes of the week

Posted Aug 16, 2012 12:32 UTC (Thu) by hummassa (subscriber, #307) [Link]

The funny thing is that search neutrality is much similar to network neutrality (that GOOG loves so much). Well, the best scenario case is that people will migrate away from google... :-D

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Posted Aug 16, 2012 15:45 UTC (Thu) by njwhite (subscriber, #51848) [Link]

> The funny thing is that search neutrality is much similar to network neutrality

Search neutrality is more complicated, though, as effective search is all about ranking, therefore all about prioritising some things over others. Now transparent (and tweakable) algorithms, presented in such a way as to be understandable, would be fantastic. But a difficult goal, not to mention difficult to reconcile with business models based on a "secret sauce".

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Posted Aug 17, 2012 21:31 UTC (Fri) by dashesy (subscriber, #74652) [Link]

It is some time I have migrated to DuckDuckGo, and rarely have to use !g. Still the funny thing is that now Google search's last page might have more interesting stuff.

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Posted Aug 17, 2012 0:44 UTC (Fri) by vonbrand (subscriber, #4458) [Link]

They are talking valid copyright takedown notices. I very much doubt Wikipedia, the FSF or other open content sites will get very many of those...

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Posted Aug 17, 2012 11:23 UTC (Fri) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link]

It is trivial to make Wikipedia the target of valid copyright takedown notices: copy some proprietary stuff on a random page from a shared IP, send the takedown notice.

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Posted Aug 17, 2012 14:08 UTC (Fri) by mpr22 (subscriber, #60784) [Link]

The chance of getting caught is non-zero. If you get caught, then none of the possible scenarios end well for you. If it isn't your material, then you don't have standing to issue a DMCA takedown in the first place and you are probably violating the copyright yourself.

If it is your own material, then the following text found on the editing page of Wikipedia is of interest:

By clicking the "Save Page" button, you agree to the Terms of Use, and you irrevocably agree to release your contribution under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 License and the GFDL. You agree that a hyperlink or URL is sufficient attribution under the Creative Commons license.

Which is to say: If it's your material, then by posting it you gave Wikipedia a license. Hence, a DMCA takedown would not be valid unless you can show that Wikipedia's subsequent distribution of the material violates the terms under which you agreed to license it.

There's also the matter that going straight to the "file a DMCA notice" step when dealing with Wikipedia makes you look like a jerk.

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Posted Aug 20, 2012 20:19 UTC (Mon) by liljencrantz (subscriber, #28458) [Link]

That kind of viral licensing hasn't held up in court that I'm aware of.

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