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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. Facts by DustyShadow · · Score: 5, Insightful

    are not copyrightable. There is no "question" here.

    1. Re:Facts by walt-sjc · · Score: 5, Insightful

      If an ISP / site ignores a takedown notice they lose immunity for copyright violations. Since ISPs generally have fairly deep pockets, the risk is WAY too great. They don't dare - the legal / monetary risk is way too great.
      Their insurance companies may ALSO require that they comply with takedown notices.

      Note that if a site ignores a takedown notice, the person may just go upstream to their ISP and issue one there which can cause even LARGER danger / damage to the site. So they too will comply.