copyright law
Twitter user makes false privacy strike against Optimus YouTube video for including his tweet in the video
The user said that showing a screenshot of his tweet was “harassment.”
Carl Benjamin sues Akilah Hughes to reclaim legal fees, accusing Hughes of weaponizing copyright law
The suit claims Hughs made an “attempt to muzzle an ideological opponent” through wrongful use of the copyright law.
YouTube bans Trump rally livestream broadcaster RSBN from streaming
After amassing over 300 million views since the network started, and having been funded through “super chats” by the live viewers of the broadcasts, the network is now left with a message saying, “Your ability to livestream has been revoked.”
CNN mass copyright claims political commentary videos covering the 2020 Democratic presidential debates
David Pakman, Kyle Kulinski, Destiny, Hasan Piker, Trihex, and others say they received copyright strikes or claims from CNN on their videos covering the debates.
Russia thinks labeling legal streaming sites in search engines will reduce piracy
It’s not quite clear how this idea would work to reduce piracy.
Netflix is actively trying to get pirate sites blocked by ISPs
ISPs are increasingly being used as tools of censorship.
TV network Starz uses fake copyright claims to censor tweets and criticism from TorrentFreak
Starz used false copyright claims to censor a tweet from TorrentFreak that was reporting on a Starz TV show being leaked online. TorrentFreak called out this censorship in a response article and Starz doubled down by using further bogus claims to censor this response article on Twitter.
Reputation management companies are trying to abuse copyright laws to suppress legitimate reviews
The abuse of copyright law is one of the biggest problems on the internet at the moment.
Google is building “shadow profiles” of its users, tech company Oracle claims
Google – that started off as an internet search company, but is now often accused of making its billions by tracking users’ activities and then making this data available to “3rd party” advertisers – has recently been under fire at home as well.