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"takedown request" is a formal request made to remove or delete certain content, like a video, photo, or article, from a website or online platform. It is often used when someone believes that the content violates their rights, privacy, or is harmful in some way.
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Note that I've edited my question to make it clearer that I'm asking specifically about whether A can issue
DMCA takedown requests for infringements of B or C.
It does say how often — in general — it complies
with takedown requests, but does not provide specifics.The numbers don't include requests made as part of civil court proceeding...»
The company is being targeted by a blizzard
of takedown requests sent to Google, which recently started actually taking this data into...
«Technically, video game companies can
issue takedown requests for any gameplay that is posted online and companies like Nintendo have done this in the past,» said video game attorney Michael Lee of Morrison & Lee LLP, an admitted fan of Let's Plays.
Also included is an obligation for any website «where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages» must develop infrastructure and contact mechanisms for a.)
allowing takedown requests to be submitted and b.) for contacting anonymous posters and seeking their... [more]
Indeed, given its expansive scope (any comment deemed offensive by the c0mplainer is covered), even malicious or ill -
intentioned takedown requests appear to fall within its vision of a legitimate takedown.
As a host of content you must have policies and procedures in place to deal with allegations of copyright infringement (such
as takedown requests).
The other aspect of the report deals with
standardized takedown request forms and calling on Parliament to establish a stronger ability for youth to request and obtain the deletion of information they themselves have posted on social media, and in appropriate cases, information posted about them online by their parents or guardians when they reach the age of majority.
While Apple later filed a
copyright takedown request which forced Github to take the code in question down, the harm may well have already been done.
SoundCloud's anything - goes approach in allowing users to upload content soon brought major music distributors and record labels to their doorstep
with takedown requests and lawsuits in hand.
[Dave Lieber / Dallas News, Volokh in September and related on similar schemes here (
takedown request against one of Volokh's own posts) and here (private default judgment cited in request to Google to deindex government documents), earlier here, etc..]
Also included is an obligation for any website «where people can hold conversations in the form of posted messages» must develop infrastructure and contact mechanisms for a.)
allowing takedown requests to be submitted and b.) for contacting anonymous posters and seeking their John Hancock.
Hollywood studios and other copyright holders have inundated the Mountain View heavyweight with nearly 5,000
takedown requests for files hosted on its cloud storage service in the last 30 days alone, Gadgets 360 reports.
That's when you get
DMCA takedown requests (which generally go to your ISP, not you), cease & desists, and etc tend to put a stop to that rather quickly.
But no one has even send such a notice and
takedown request for an ebook.
Playster are not recommended for ebook downloads, for the content advertised is often not present, and is not recommended for independant authors, for once spammers have access to your book descriptions, one may find one spends months of ones life filing DMCA
takedown requests.
You probably are infringing (occasionally and technically), but this sort of use is widespread online, and it's rare to get in any trouble aside from
a takedown request.
The developer behind the game has received
a takedown request for the game, so he's now removed the Mario likeness.
Attorney Mona Ibrahim disagreed with these censorship accusations, arguing that
the takedown request's legitimacy is a matter of licensing.
The publisher sends
a takedown request over multiplayer servers keeping old Battlefield titles alive
In what seems yet another questionable business move from Atlus (after the Persona 5 streaming debacle), the company has now tried to take down Nekotekina's Patreon page for funding the development of RPCS3, an open - source PS3 emulator, via a DMCA
takedown request.
If it's not bogus, they'll send a DMCA
takedown request and provide information to prove their claim, then it may be removed.
A followup from the UK: Ross Anderson (Cambridge) looked at credit reporting agencies, found they were now «data controllers» under this interpretation and are subject to
takedown requests.
If this seems odd, it's a bit like how the average US blogger website would react if told that a blog post insulted the King of Thailand or promoted an antisocial view by criticising Putin, and got
a takedown request made under Thai or Russian law.
Her litigation practice focuses on media & communications law (social media, advertising, First Amendment, online & traditional defamation, public records, trademark, copyright, trade secrets, open courts, and
takedown requests), class action defense, breach of contract, and environmental matters.
Although Johnson's letter was not directed at his activities, Malamud has already written Johnson twice in the last week, raising questions about
the takedown request.
First, we've got the «copyright troll» searching for news stories reposted by bloggers, purchasing copyrights and suing on them, without so much as the courtesy of
a takedown request (as noted by Above the Law yesterday).
The decision seems to require a very subtle understanding of the facts behind information that is the subject of
a takedown request.
Bob Ross» estate was not amused, subsequently issuing a DMCA
takedown request and having the video knocked offline until very recently.
Last Thursday, an anonymous user had apparently uploaded the source code for Apple's secure iOS bootloader on GitHub, prompting the phone manufacturing giant to send a DMCA
takedown request to the website.
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