The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America gets caught issuing fraudulent DMCA takedown notices (including one for a work issued under a Creative Commons license).

Oh, now they're saying they weren't real notices.

Let's see if we can get one for "our very own"!
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I'm not one of those "information wants to be free" absolutists. Creators have the right to make money from their works. But the present "intellectual property" regime is far too loaded in favor of the corporations that make up the Content Cartel.

Too bad Bill Quick is on vacation. I'd bet he'd have some interesting thoughts.

Oh, and by the way guys, this post is Copyright © 2007, Old Grouch.
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More:

• Post and discussion at Making Light.
  
• The Stupidity of Worrying About Piracy, an article by John Scalzi, who notes

  ...today is the last day to get SFWA dues in, and I have to decide whether I want to bother. This isn't helping any.

• Nicely ironic comment at Slashdot by "Wordsmith"
  

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