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DMCA Takedown Scandal, Part Two

pmdubs writes "Following up on our earlier discussion, Michael Freedman updates us on experience with dubious DMCA takedown notices. As a result of the publicity his initial post received, the Video Protection Alliance has dropped Nexicon, the company to which they had outsourced infringement detection. In this case, while there may be little legal recourse to issuing invalid DMCA notices, the threat of bad press seems to have reined in highly questionable practices."

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  1. Oh kdawson by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Troll me harder kdawson. HARDER, troll me harder!
    I need it so bad.

  2. CmdrTaco's pants takedown scandal, part two by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    CmdrTaco's pants were taken yet down again, due to a DMCA request.

  3. Re:The problem with DCMA takedown notices by Dachannien · · Score: 5, Funny

    Young man
    Got your acronym wrong
    I said, young man
    Got it wrong all night long
    I will teach you
    What the letters should be
    So don't spell it dys-lex-ic-ally

    You're s'posed to call it the D-M-C-A
    You're s'posed to call it the D-M-C-A
    You can take my advice
    Use this mnemonic device
    And this chorus, you sing it twiiiiice

    You're s'posed to call it the D-M-C-A
    OMFG it's the D-M-C-A
    You got those letters reversed
    Thank god there's no second verse
    My karma's going from bad to wooooorse

  4. Re:Not a solution. by icannotthinkofaname · · Score: 5, Funny

    You can't polish a turd

    What? I thought the Mythbusters proved that you can polish a turd.

    --
    Let q be a radix > 1. I am in ur base-q, killing 10 d00ds.
  5. Re:Reigned vs. reined ... by sxeraverx · · Score: 3, Funny

    You, sir, rain supreme.