The copyright hypocrisy files

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A while ago I started collecting examples of copyright hypocrisy, with the intent of creating a definitive list of cases where copyright bullies are caught infringing the same rules they say everyone else should obey.

Here’s what I’ve got so far:

• Lamar Smith, author of SOPA, uses website background image without permission
• Anti-P2P lawyers rip off the content of another copyright settlement group’s website
• The party run by music-label-owned VEVO, where they showed a pirated NFL game
• Norwegian author complains about ebook piracy, then admits having pirated heaps of music and owning knockoff Prada handbags
• MPAA’s “University Toolkit” spyware violates GPL; open source developers have it taken down under DMCA
• MPAA blog based on platform that requires link to original author’s site, but removes links, against terms of license
• Pro-SOPA/PIPA group copies campaign emails, without permission, from anti-SOPA/PIPA activist group

Anyone got any others to add?

Additions:

• Founder of StopFashionPiracy.com found copying another fashion designer’s work
• Nicholas Sarkozy, original creator of the “three strikes” idea, caught mass-pirating DVDs, also used unlicensed music in his campaign

(I’m kind of tempted to do a fanfic hypocrisy link collection too. Jasper Fforde and Diana Gabaldon would top the list.)