DMCA
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.
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.
Google Censored Search Results After Bogus Copyright Claims
Abuse of the DMCA makes censorship all too easy.
Sony’s Abuse of DMCA-Reporting Systems Against Commentators and Social Media Users Is Met With Media Silence
Most major video game news outlets have ignored the scandal for over two weeks.
MembersHow the DMCA Has Become One of the Biggest Threats to Online Speech
Major flaws in the current system have allowed it to be weaponized and used as a censorship tool.
Commentators Get Small Win After Sony, Naughty Dog Burned Through Any Remaining Good Will With Copyright System Abuse
Commentators are slowly being vindicated after the Last of Us 2 creators abused the copyright system to silence criticism – even content that didn’t contain any leaked imagery.
Sony Was Granted a Patent for “Spoiler Blocking” Technology Just Days Before the Last of Us 2 Leaks
The technology will control the amount of spoilers a player comes in contact with until they’ve completed enough of the game.
Sony Is Abusing Copyright Systems to Takedown Content of People Just Talking About the Last of Us 2 Leaks
The way social media platforms handle copyright notices is severely lacking and Sony is taking advantage of it.