Apr 05
The big movie studios are going after Google, asking the search giant to stop publishing links to the DMCA takedown requests it receives as these only add to the ways people can try to find copyrighted material. More »
Jan 28
Last June, Twitter hopped on the transparency train and released its first report indexing information requests, copyright takedown notices, and removal requests from governments around the globe. Now the second report is out, with its own site and some new details on what the U.S. government in particular is doing. And weirdly enough, copyright takedown requests are actually down from the past six months. More »
Jan 27
In addition to protecting itself from your pirated content with its see-no-evil encryption, Kim Dotcom’s Mega service aims to stay on the law’s good side by playing nicely with copyright takedown requests and keeping that super important DMCA safe harbor status. So far so good, too; it’s responded to an early batch of requests with all due speed and efficiency. More »
Nov 30
Facebook, which recently took down the elbow boobs picture, also took down this picture by men’s magazine Zoo Weekly. The crass post asks Facebook users if they’re a boobs or butt guy, with a “clever” picture. More »
Nov 26
Elbows and boobs. Both are great in their own special ways, but they are definitely not the same thing. You and I might know that well enough, but it seems that Facebook has a little more trouble with the distinction. That’s why they took down this elbowlicious picture. More »
Oct 16
We all know that DMCA notices are kinda dumb, but this is ridiculous: a single takedown request from Pearson, a textbook publisher, took down 1.45 million education blogs in one fell swoop. More »
Oct 04
YouTube’s automated copyright takedown system is nothing if not robust, often to the point of head-shaking ridiculousness. But even though the company’s trigger-happy Content ID isn’t going away any time soon, it’s at least getting a much-needed kick in the pants. More »
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