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DMCA Takedown Notice For a Fake ID

Posted by kdawson on from the points-for-chutzpah dept.

TrippTDF writes "Rachel Hyman, an artist and bartender in New York City, maintains a blog where she regularly posts images of fake IDs she confiscates from would-be underage drinkers, along with a description of the confiscation. Recently, one of her posts (Google cache) was taken down when the owner of the fake ID invoked the DMCA against Blogspot. Can one claim a forged document as a copyrighted work of art?"

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  1. Re:Rachel is cool by stoolpigeon · · Score: 0, Redundant

    yeah - this thread is going to be interesting.

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    It's hard to believe that's how Micronians are made. Why don't we see it right now by having you both kiss one another?
  2. Confiscation by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Redundant

    On whose authority is she confiscating the ID cards?

    Forged or not, ID cards are private property. No private citizen should be able to summarily seize them.

    Even if you argue that bartenders are proxies for the law and are thus, in a sense, working on behalf of the government as far as ID-checking is concerned, there still should be a formal, even-handed, appeal-able application of due process prior to any form of seizure. "I have it, and I'm not giving it back" is bullshit.