In an article published today, Mashable reports that Facebook is being sued for copyright infringement by a company called Timelines.

From the start the article doesn’t make sense. The journalist writes “Facebook was sued in 2011 for copyright infringement by Timelines, Inc (…) Facebook later counter-sued Timeslines, Inc., arguing Timelines, Inc.’s trademarks weren’t distinct enough to warrant protection and should be canceled.”
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It is tempting to save a buck by stealing an image you find off Google – we’ve all done it – but doing so can have serious consequences. (more…)

In the era of content marketing, protecting your Intellectual Property is vital. And this is why a new Investment Magazine focusing on Central America contacted us.
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If not, why not? You could save yourself a shed load of hassle down the line if you do.

If you’re an artist, web designer, writer, or blogger (or pretty much anyone else working in the creative field), you’re likely to be fully aware of the benefits of copyright. Generally it protects what is termed as an “original work of authorship” – roughly translated as including books, poems, songs, web pages, and other original works. (more…)

Last Month Chris and I presented Myows in front of an audience of Cape Town tech startups. Of course we can talk about Online Copyright Protection for hours, but that day we only had 90 seconds. We believe our presentation was pretty fun, so today I wanted to share the transcript with you. (more…)

We love TheOatmeal and last year we covered the FunnyJunk VS Oatmeal copyright infringement case. It just got better with Funnyjunk hiring a lawyer and threatening to sue one of our Internet Heroes for defending his copyright! (more…)

The awesome team of developers at Myows has been hard at work to create new ways for you to register your copyright though RSS or simply create your own Intellectual Property Licenses with a Contract Generator.

As you know, the files you upload to Myows are securely stored inside your account, and no one but you or your clients can access them. But what if you want to show them off? Today we’re happy to announce a new function that allows you to share with your friends and social networks the works you upload to Myows in a very simple way, and you can even gather feedback that way thanks to Facebook commenting! (more…)

We have many users on Etsy asking us what the best way is to protect their copyright. So today I thought I’d publish the answer for all to see. (more…)

PlagiarismToday has always been a goldmine of information for us at Myows and many of our features, such as the step-by-step dispute resolution mechanism, were inspired by his expertise in online copyright infringement.

In today’s post on PlagiarismToday, Jonathan Bailey analyses a recent copyright case that was filmed and went viral. Watch this fascinating video:

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Since we launched Myows Copyright Protection Solutions, a lot of our users have asked about the best way to protect their blogs’ copyright.

The solution we came up with allows you to enter an RSS feed, and from then on all new additions to the feed will automatically be registered as OWs, straight into your Myows account. (more…)