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Three copyright takedown notices were enough to knock an entire citizen journalism channel off YouTube—just days before a local election. Wrongful DMCA takedowns harm democratic debate, and those who send them should be held accountable. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

eff.orgCourt Rules Against Citizen Journalists in DMCA Takedown Case—EFFA federal court in Massachusetts has ruled that copyright holders can issue online takedown notices based on a subjective belief of copyright infringement, even when that belief is unreasonable and

3/9/26, 8:04 pm77 reposts204 likes

John Millington

@zapitron.bsky.social

4 Sept

If we're going to keep DMCA at all, then it needs to at least be amended to include consequences for fraudulent takedown notices.

owled-star.bsky.social

@owled-star.bsky.social

3 Sept

Yikes…

Иван Ауфулич

@ivanaufulich.bsky.social

4 Sept

Here's another great misuse of the DMCA. bsky.app/profile/assi...

Sophie Labelle @assignedmale.bsky.social

Some fan favourite shirt designs I made for sophielabelle.dashery.com (Teepublic) were of opossums and unicorns reminding people that "Stonewall was a riot". The Stonewall Inn has filed intellectual property claim against them.

Иван Ауфулич

@ivanaufulich.bsky.social

4 Sept

I like it when 10-ton gorillas like the History Channel take public domain content from places like the National Archives and then file DMCA takedown requests on other people that use that same public domain content. Been there, done that, got the t-shirt. YouTube channel deleted.