dmca? dept
Tue, May 3rd 2011 4:06pm
Mike Masnick
Perfect 10, the failed adult magazine publisher that many say has always really been in the suing people for infringement business, rather than the publishing business, has sued again. The company seems to lose nearly all of its copyright infringement lawsuits in the US (though, it s helped create a very useful body of case law), but it just keeps on suing. The latest lawsuit is against usenet service provider Giganews. The complaint points out that the content is stored on Giganews own servers, but (at least from the description) seems to ignore that the content comes from Usenet and users, not from Giganews itself. And, of course, Giganews has a registered DMCA agent, so it has safe harbor protections from users. It s unclear from the report linked here if Perfect 10 filed takedowns, but given Perfect 10 s history of questionable or bogus takedown notices, you have to assume that even if they did, there s a decent chance th
Firms are also permitted to undertake projects and activities in collaboration with other firms using CSR funds, subject to CSR rules and guidelines, the ministry said.
Deadlines under Companies Act relaxed, late fee waived for various filings
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The relaxation of charge-related timelines shall apply in cases where the creation or modification of the charge falls between April 1 and May 31, or where due date for filing charge-related forms falls between those dates.
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The corporate affairs ministry (MCA) has provided relaxations on the timelines of various statutory requirements and waived late fees for various filings under the Companies Act, LLP Act and rules till July 31 on account of disruptions caused by the second wave of Covid-19.
The period between two consecutive board meetings has been extended to 180 days from 120 days for the first two quarters of this fiscal while the months of April and May will not be counted as part of the timelines for filing of charge-related forms, circulars released by the ministry on Monday said.
JOHOR BARU: The third batch of 10 new Johor Baru City Council (MBJB) local councillors was sworn in here on Tuesday (May 4), a recovering stroke patient among them.
Pulai MCA secretary Teoh Hee Teck attended the ceremony in a wheelchair after suffering a minor stroke recently.
The 59-year-old recalled feeling weakness in his hands all of a sudden one day in March and was rushed to the hospital.
“After a check-up, the doctor informed me that I had suffered from a minor stroke. He also told me that I would be able to recover in two to three months, ” he said.