What is AGENCY? Can an entity enforce a copyright they do not own? (Think, CEG-TEK.)
A quick lesson on Agency and how it relates to copyright enforcement groups soliciting and collecting settlements for copyrights they do not own.
Digital Sin
CEG-TEK: Naughty or Nice?
An article on CEG-TEK’s use of “admission of guilt” language in a version of their settlement agreements when credit card transactions fail.
CEG-TEK’s client list.
I believe it is the duty of the copyright holders to “police their own copyrights,” meaning, if a company sees a file sharing tracker or website hosting an unlicensed copy of their copyrighted work, BY ALL MEANS, issue a DMCA takedown notice to the website or to the file sharing tracker, and that torrent will … Read more
CEG-TEK’s new “you didn’t settle” letters sent from Marvin Cable.
Back in November 2012, I wrote an article about CEG-TEK’s CopyrightSettlements.com web site “crashes” where following a failed settlement transaction (purposeful or not), accused infringers received letters essentially saying, “[B]ecause you have decided not to settle, we will be moving forward against you in a copyright infringement lawsuit. Please pay us $3,500 or else we … Read more
Why CEG-TEK’s DMCA settlement system will FAIL.
This is a rather tricky article to write, especially since I am setting some copyright trolls apart from others, and I am unsure whether this is a good idea or not. It is my opinion that the “Six Strikes” System which has recently gone into effect will ultimately kill Copyright Enforcement Group’s (CEG-TEK)’s “CopyrightSettlements.com” settlement … Read more