So are
takedown notices good or bad?
Not exact matches
Sean Vanaman of Campo Santo games has stated they'll be filing DMCA
takedown notices for all of Pewdiepie's Firewatch content, as
well as any future Campo Santo games.
To start, there's hardly any consensus around how
best to issue
takedown notices when, say, copyrighted work is illegally used and shared online.
Is this something a model should consider doing or would it be
better to take the formal legal route of sending a DMCA
takedown notice?
Doug Isenberg provides a look at the latest regulations and disputes over domain names, as
well as other internet law and copyright topics including DMCA
takedown notices.
At the same time this means that illegal content with a correct DMCA
takedown notice stays up longer than it should, so should someone decide to sue for copyright infringement, you are on the hook as
well.
The use of
takedown notices has not historically had much success and comes with some perils as
well, especially when applied in the United States.
In particular, we'll be focusing on the «
notice and
takedown» provisions that provide «safe harbor» for many service providers, as
well as the anti-circumvention provisions that criminalize many common actions.