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desolation0 Oct 21, 2013 @ 4:55am
Digital Millenium Copyright Act the draconian DRM of content creation
You've doubtless seen a Youtube video taken down for violation of copyright. Still others have the advertising revenue taken away from the person who created them. Generally a video is found infringing until proven innocent. Unfortunately, many content creators lack the resources to fight these issues. Combined with a three strike policy for an entire channel, it has led to several channels being entirely shut down over critique or using publicly available trailer footage. Here is a Youtube video that goes into one particular incident of the abuse of the DMCA to silence a critical review of a game. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QfgoDDh4kE0 If you would like to see more stuff on the topic of digital rights, and maybe help in some way, I recommend checking into the Electronic Frontier Foundation. https://www.eff.org/