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Nielsen Sends Wikipedia DMCA Takedown For Station Descriptions

Posted by timothy on from the for-our-eyeballs-only dept.

RockMFR writes "A DMCA takedown notice sent by Nielsen Media Research to the Wikimedia Foundation has resulted in the deletion of over 300 pages on the English Wikipedia. The pages were 'templates' and categories that listed television stations within various geographical markets in the United States. Discussion of the deletions has focused on whether this type of information can actually be copyrighted, though the content of the takedown notice have not been made public."

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  1. $346,217.12 damages by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny
    I was looking for TV station information, by geographic location, and I went to check good-old Wikipedia.

    I made a promise to myself that if I found the information there, I was going to hit the donate button and send $346,217.12.

    Alas, I didn't find the information.

  2. Idiots. by Ortega-Starfire · · Score: 4, Funny

    I have one thing to say to the dumbasses that filed this DMCA notice:

    09 f9 11 02 9d 74 e3 5b d8 41 56 c5 63 56 88 c0

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  3. Re:Facts by Dan541 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Valid? DMCA notice?!?!?

    I'd like to see that!

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  4. Re:Everyone should be outraged! by Darkness404 · · Score: 2, Funny

    No, everyone should be outraged that this seems to mean that facts are copyrightable.

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  5. Re:Two can play at this game by RzUpAnmsCwrds · · Score: 3, Funny

    True story - I was at a movie theater seeing "Get Smart", and noticed Nielsen researchers at the theater handing out surveys. I walked up to one, and exclaimed:

    "You bastards! You killed Firefly!"