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Hollywood Studios Use DMCA To Censor Pirate Bay Documentary

Posted by timothy on from the we-don't-like-your-bits dept.

First time accepted submitter Aaron B Lingwood writes "As reported by TorrentFreak, Viacom, Paramount, Fox and Lionsgate have all asked Google to take down links pointing to the Pirate Bay documentary 'TPB-AFK.' The film, created by Simon Klose, is available for no cost and has already been watched by millions of people. The public response to this free release model has been overwhelmingly positive, but it's now meeting resistance from Hollywood, TPB's arch rival. Pirate Party Australia opines 'Hollywood is using takedown notices to censor Pirate Bay doco, is it incompetence or malice? Always hard to tell.' Whichever the answer, the system is definitely broken."

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  1. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    They aren't claiming anything specific. They are just sending generic take down notices pointed at links saying that they own the content.

  2. Re:Why? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Informative
    Your weird anti-Google paranoia is charming, but wrong. The media companies are sending DMCA take down notices and Google are legally obliged to honor them. From the article, which I'm sure you've read:

    Over the past weeks several movie studios have been trying to suppress the availability of TPB-AFK by asking Google to remove links to the documentary from its search engine. The links are carefully hidden in standard DMCA takedown notices for popular movies and TV-shows.

    Anything else you'd like to incorrectly blame Google for? World hunger, cancer, tornadoes in Oklahoma?

  3. Re:Why? by strength_of_10_men · · Score: 4, Informative
    Hm. According to this, it IS a DCMA notice from DtecNet (for LionsGate) to Google. It's nominally for the movie "The Last Stand" but in there, they sneak in a link for TPB:AFK documentary. Care to elaborate where you get your info from?

    Sent via: online form
    Re: Websearch Infringement Notification via Online Form Complaint

    Google DMCA Form: Infringement Notification for Web Search

    Contact Information
    Name: [redacted]
    Company Name: DtecNet
    Copyright holder: Lionsgate
    Country/Region: US

  4. Re:Its a Shame by Arker · · Score: 3, Informative

    In the US, you can generally sue for anything you can find a lawyer willing to file the paperwork on.

    Winning the case might be a bit more difficult however.

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