Wednesday, 5 January 2011

Gunning for Twitter with DMCA bullets


Adult publisher Perfect 10 is trying to squelch fair use of copyrighted materials by Chilling Effects -- and EFF is fighting back. The online intellectual property resource Chilling Effects gathers and analyzes legal notices alleging online copyright infringement -- a vital resource for public education and study. But adult publisher Perfect 10 alleges that Google is infringing on copyright by sharing its notices. EFF joined other founders and participants in the Chilling Effects Clearinghouse in filing an amicus brief to urge the court to reject this attempt to block Google's contribution to the site. [EFFector,email news letter,4 January 2011]

In 2010 Chilling Effects saw more than 12,000 cease-and-desist notices reported. Over the next few weeks and into 2011, we will be doing preliminary analysis of patterns in those notices. We are also preparing the data to be more easily usable by other researchers.

According to Chilling Effects the principal senders of DMCA takedown requests were:

number Sender: type
1272 IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry): music
303 Clube do Hardware: articles
299 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation: film
257 MAGNOLIA PICTURES INC.: film
230 APCM - Associação Anti Pirataria de Cinema e Musica: music
221 Removeyourcontent, LLC: images and video (adult content)
203 RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America): music
166 Autodata Limited: technical manuals
158 Folkert Knieper: recipe photographs
122 Product Partners, LLC / Beachbody: fitness DVDs
117 SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT / EPIC RECORDS / ESTATE OF MICHAEL JACKSON: music
106 Stones Throw Records LLC: music
92 Chappell & Co: music
88 Microsoft Corporation: software and instructional material
88 Globo Comunicação e Participações S/A: video
85 The New York Times: articles
84 Deckers Outdoor Corporation (UGG Australia): images of UGG boots
82 Vivid Entertainment Group, LLC: video (adult content)
81 Digiturk: TV
81 The NBA - National Basketball Association: video streams

Its database is also uncovering an increasing trend to report Twitter accounts and particular tweets – 436 complaints by last Tuesday mentioned this form of social media.

Here is a brief sampling……..

Angry author blasts Australian blogger:

Twitter Rocket author blasts blogger

Atavar complaints:

Image DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

Image DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

Photo DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

Photograph DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

Image DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

Privacy issues:

Photos DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

Local Government gets upset about Twitter account using official council crest:

Logo DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

An example of one person who hunts the Twitterverse and reports every link he finds to his book:

Book DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

From beyond the grave:

Music DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

Mark Twain Foundation objects:

Book DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

Rutgers University objects to breach of ‘Sex, Etc’ logo copyright:

Logo DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Twitter

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