https://gutenberg.ca/index.html

"Every New Year's Day authors of 50 years before used to exit copyright in Canada. Then Justin Trudeau, under orders from Trump, extended copyrights by 20 years.

. . .

Here in Canada we no longer make our own copyright laws. The result: a massacre of our cultural heritage. No new public domain titles until 2043! And by then many of these titles will be lost, forgotten, and impossible to find or to rescue."

#Bookstodon #Copyright #CopyrightAbuse

Project Gutenberg Canada / Projet Gutenberg Canada

Youtube still helps copyright abusers massively.

No, not the ones who upload like 5s song fragments or even NO SONG AT ALL, but those who claim "DMCA TAKEDOWN!" for certain songs even if there is no music AT ALL in that video.
Yes, no music at all. Let that sink in.

As a video uploader you have no chance to counter the claim but as claiming party, you do not have to prove anything! Just say "copyright infringement" and boom - all the money that was made with that poor uploader's video goes to you instead.

It is a scandal, seriously. And this bXllshXt is known for AGES. And no one cares. One more reason to go away from YT - but easier said then done, if you wanna make a living from your videos. Like Music Mongoose, an ex BBC music journalist, an excellent one btw.

He explains it in detail:

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFq-e3_llWA
* Invideous Code: TFq-e3_llWA

#google #copyrightAbuse #dcma #fairuse #youtube
Something has to change.

YouTube
Google and Adobe appear to be abusing copyright to silence a whistleblower's video

Adobe's so scared of backlash for its new leaked hiring policies, the company is apparently abusing copyright law to remove a whistleblower's video

Android Police

Warner Bros. going around copyright flagging videos on YouTube for Minecraft Music, because of course they are. specifically they're hitting videos that use C418's music, you know the ones that are actually free for anyone to use as royalty-free.

https://youtu.be/ANA-DxHwC2E?si=OcZd6aZrkbnKnPEN

#minecraft #warnerbrospictures #youtube #copyright #CopyrightAbuse

Warner Bros. is actively blocking Minecraft music on YouTube.

YouTube

OH: Copyright for me, but not for thee

#ai #GrandTheftAutocorrect #llm #copyright #CopyrightAbuse

re:

Boing Boing: Popular math YouTuber 3Blue1Brown victimized by malicious and stupid AI bots. “AI bots battling each other has led to the wrongful removal of educational content from one of YouTube’s most respected mathematics channels. 3Blue1Brown, known for its excellent mathematical animations and explanations, recently had videos taken down due to false copyright claims generated by […]

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/01/07/boing-boing-popular-math-youtuber-3blue1brown-victimized-by-malicious-and-stupid-ai-bots/

Boing Boing: Popular math YouTuber 3Blue1Brown victimized by malicious and stupid AI bots | ResearchBuzz: Firehose

ResearchBuzz: Firehose | Individual posts from ResearchBuzz

A good read, re: #Copyright and #CopyrightAbuse

“The DMCA Cannot Protect You From Your Own Words”

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/04/dmca-cannot-save-you-your-own-words

#DMCA #EFF @eff

The DMCA Cannot Protect You From Your Own Words

There is a loud debate raging over what companies should and shouldn’t be doing about the things people say on their platforms. What people often seem to forget is that we already know the dangers of providing a quick way for people to remove criticism of themselves from the internet. Thanks to...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

“What if I sue him for 44 billion and buy back Twitter”

The rabbit hole goes down deeper

#twitter #ElonMusk #MiloManara #CopyrightAbuse

https://www.comicsbeat.com/milo-manara-claps-back-at-elon-musk/

Milo Manara claps back at Elon Musk

Italian comics master Milo Manara teased legal action against Elon Musk, the world's richest man, and we're here for it.

The Beat

What we need are non-practising entities that let victims pool together rights and go after those who file fraudulent copyright claims.

It might not make financial sense for an individual to sue for any particular infraction, but pooling might result in economics of scale that make it worthwhile to pursue infringers.

-- joshuaissac @ HN
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27660152

#copyright #npe #NonPracticingEntities #ClassAction #CopyrightAbuse #Google

What we need are non-practising entities that let victims pool together rights a... | Hacker News