Walled CultureFeb 12, 2025

Copyright madness: YouTube seems to doubt whether Shakespeare is in the public domain

One of the darker threads of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is how complex copyright enforcement systems can be abused, for example by sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests for material that is perfectly legal. A recent post on the Public Citizen blog offers an extreme example of this blight. Here’s the summary of what happened:

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Copyright madness: YouTube seems to doubt whether Shakespeare is in the public domain

<p>One of the darker threads of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is how complex copyright enforcement systems can be abused, for example by sending Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown requests for material that is perfectly legal. A recent post on the Public Citizen blog offers an extreme example of this blight. …</p>

TorrentFreak RSSJan 19, 2023

Pirate Bay Proxy Site Challenges Police DMCA Takedown at GitHub

https://torrentfreak.com/pirate-bay-proxy-site-challenges-polices-dmca-takedown-at-github-230119/

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Pirate Bay Proxy Site Challenges Police DMCA Takedown at GitHub

Pirate Bay Proxy has asked GitHub to reinstate its domain after it was removed by a DMCA notice sent by City of London Police.

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TorrentFreak MirrorMar 28, 2020
YouTube Refuses to Process DMCA Counternotice for ‘Creepy Bugs’ Cartoon http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/Torrentfreak/~3/zHF-Y8G7cUc/ #counternotice #BreakingNews #BugsBunny #youtube #afeat #DMCA
YouTube Refuses to Process DMCA Counternotice for 'Creepy Bugs' Cartoon * TorrentFreak

An artist who uploaded a parody cartoon to YouTube and received a strike against his channel following a Warner Bros. complaint has been denied the opportunity to fight his corner. MeatCanyon uploaded a cartoon featuring a creepy 'Bugs Bunny' and later appealed using a DMCA counternotice. YouTube, however, refused to pass the notice on and dismissed the claim.