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Appeals court in Australia confirms news publishers are liable for users’ comments on their Facebook pages
It’s hard to see how the ruling is feasible.
Internet Archive sued over National Emergency Library
Publishers think they should be paid license fees.
Google hit with 1M+ false DMCA complaints from someone pretending to be Netflix
The DMCA process is too easy to abuse.
YouTube channels held hostage over false copyright strikes
YouTube is unresponsive.
YouTube tests injecting Google text results into YouTube search results
What possible reason could YouTube have for finding yet another way to inject unwanted elements into search? ?
Michael Moore documentary Planet of The Humans censored on YouTube after copyright claim
Just 4 seconds of footage in a 1 hour 40 minute documentary got the whole thing removed under YouTube’s bogus system for dealing with copyright.
The Authors Guild demands National Emergency Library be shut down
Copyright maximalists take aim at libraries.
CASIO files DMCA complaint against user who hacked calculator to connect to the internet
The Github project has been suspended.
US Copyright Office proposes stripping YouTube of some of its DMCA safe harbor protections
The Copyright Office suggested that YouTube’s recommendation algorithm “may go beyond what Congress intended” when establishing the DMCA’s safe harbor protections.
YouTube censors video discussing the platform’s censorship of Professor Dolores Cahill interview
The video announcing how YouTube deleted the previous video has itself now been deleted.
YouTube demonetizes commentary channel AugieRFC for “harassment”
Many creators have warned that these controversial harassment rules are killing comedy, commentary, and criticism on the platform.
Facebook restricts PragerU’s page and limits the reach of its posts after disputed fact-check
Facebook’s fact checkers have been accused of bias and using the feature as a censorship tool.