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US Air Force Issues DMCA Takedown Notice

Posted by kdawson on from the above-all dept.

palegray.net writes "Threat Level brings us the story of the US Air Force's use of the DMCA to forcibly remove a 'Cyber Command' recruitment video that they had previously thanked Threat Level for running. The article notes that US government works are not even subject to copyright, but this fact didn't stop YouTube from caving and taking down the video."

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  1. New Air Force Tactic? by Philotic · · Score: 5, Funny

    According to a leaked memo from the Department of Defense, the Air Force may begin dropping DMCA take down notices on Iranian nuclear facilities as early as next week.

  2. Re:I don't get it by Don_dumb · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apart from that, I wonder why the Air Force is so keen on keeping people from watching their commercial. Because we can't have the terrorists copying them.
    - it's best to keep these recruitment videos classified.
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    If this were really happening, what would you think?
  3. Indeed. by Dopamine,+Redacted · · Score: 3, Funny

    After all, the nuclear configuration is like a "lock" that protects the "vault" of energy within the atom. Hitting that nucleus with a fast neutron (or a slow neutron if fizzle enough) is like "breaking into that vault" to "steal" the energy - right out of the matter. That's why we need protection for energy stored under nuclear "locks" to be just as strong as the laws that protect DVD movies.

  4. Where I can see this Video? by rkwasny · · Score: 3, Funny

    Is this video available somewhere? I wonder what was so special about it