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Dealing With a Copyright Takedown Request?

Posted by kdawson on from the define-fair-use-and-give-two-examples dept.

George Maschke writes "I recently received a takedown notice from a corporate lawyer demanding that I remove a post on my Web site's message board. It purportedly lists the first 75 of 567 questions on the MMPI-2 paper-and-pencil psychological test. It seems to me that such posting of a limited amount copyrighted material for discussion purposes on a public-interest, non-profit Web site falls within the scope of the fair use exemption of US copyright law. I have thus declined to remove the post. I believe that the corporation in question is seeking to chill public discussion of its test, which applicants for employment with many governmental agencies are required to complete. I would be interested in this community's thoughts on the matter."

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  1. IANAL but by wmbetts · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    can you contest it and leave it up until a ruling is made by a court?

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