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Lee FifeIn today's issue of stupid takedown requests ...
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It’s hardly news that many of these requests are abusive, and often used to take down perfectly legal material. But **a recent takedown request to Google** is exceptional in this respect. **T**he complaint, made under the US **Digital Millennium Copyright Act** (DMCA), apparently comes from the independent music label “Because Music”, and targets download and conversion software that allows YouTube material to be downloaded...
The takedown request wants a Wikipedia page removed from Google’s search results because it talks about YouTube rippers, and offers a detailed comparison of them... The implicit message is nobody should be allowed to talk about, or even know about things that the copyright world disapproves of. It’s the logical conclusion of Big Content’s view that everything online should be subordinate to its pursuit of total control there.
h/t @glynmoody
Boing BoingWikimedia's transparency report is a joy https://boingboing.net/2018/03/10/edit-wars-v-dmca.html #wegrantedzerooftheserequests #transparencyreports #noticeandtakedown #takedownrequests #nastygrams #wikimedia #wikipedia #Post