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The Publishers Association's copyright portal has sent 3,000 notices, reporting 5,000 cases of infringement, in the year it has existed.
Emma House, e-crime and international director at the PA, told delegates at yesterday's (10th) International Conference that there were now 51 publishers using the portal across academic, educational and trade sectors. A number of the companies come from outside the UK, she also said.
However, she said "responses [to the notices] vary", with some sites responding quickly and others failing to respond in a suitable manner. House cited Scribd as the site generating the most notifications, but said it was "most compliant", generally removing infringing material within 24 hours of the notification being sent. But RapidShare, which was the second most-frequent recipient of notices, was the "least compliant", House added.
As a result of the success and usage of the portal, House said the PA had "ambitious plans for next year", which will include allowing publishers to make bulk uploads to cover up to 100 pieces of content on a given site, and a "detection tool", which is being launched in April.