In the year 2000, Metallica drummer Lars Ulrich answered questions from Slashdot’s readers. Late Friday night, the AV Club described Metallica’s appearance at the opening ceremonies for the (now online) version of Blizzard Entertainment’s annual event BlizzCon: The opening ceremonies were being broadcast online, both through the official BlizzCon page, YouTube, and Twitch. And you know what happens when licensed music…
Tag: dmca takedown
GitHub Reverses Takedown of Code for Anime Torrent Site Despite Film Group’s DMCA
Inside.com’s developer newsletter spotted this code repository story:
GitHub posted a DMCA notice it received from the Motion Picture Association (MPA) last week asking the platform to take down a repository associated with NYAA.si, a popular torrent site specializing in anime content. The DMCA captured attention as the code doesn’t belong to the MPA. Rather, the MPA argues the code is used…
GitHub Reinstates YouTube-dl Library After EFF Intervention
GitHub has reinstated today the youtube-dl open-source project, a Python library that lets users download the source audio and video files behind YouTube videos. From a report: GitHub, a code-hosting repository, had previously removed the library from its portal after it received a controversial DMCA takedown request from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on October 23. In a DMCA…
Proctoring Software Company Used DMCA To Take Down a Student’s Critical Tweets
A series of tweets by one Miami University student that were critical of a proctoring software company have been hidden by Twitter after the company filed a copyright takedown notice. TechCrunch reports: Erik Johnson, a student who works as a security researcher on the side, posted a lengthy tweet thread in early September about Proctorio, an Arizona-based software company that several…
RIAA Takedowns Backfire as Pirated MP3s Now Surface on GitHub
Two weeks ago the RIAA asked GitHub to remove the open-source stream-ripper software youtube-dl. This request wasn’t well-received by developers, many of whom retaliated by posting copies of the code. Yesterday, things went from bad to worse when a user with the name ‘FuckTheRIAA’ uploaded three MP3s of the songs the RIAA mentioned in its takedown notice. TorrentFreak reports: A few…
Software Freedom Conservancy: Microsoft Should Resign from RIAA Over Youtube-DL Takedown Demand
“We believe that youtube-dl has substantial non-infringing uses,” argues the non-profit Software Freedom Conservancy. But while that software faces a DMCA takedown notice from the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), GitHub’s owner Microsoft is also a paying member of the RIAA. The Software Freedom Conservancy argues that this leaves Microsoft “stuck between their industry association’s abuses of the law and…
‘youtube-dl’ Downloading Software Removed From GitHub By RIAA Takedown Notice
Jahta writes: The GitHub repository for the popular youtube-dl utility is offline after GitHub received a DMCA takedown notice from the RIAA. The notice claims that “The clear purpose of this source code is to (i) circumvent the technological protection measures used by authorized streaming services such as YouTube, and (ii) reproduce and distribute music videos and sound recordings owned by…
Twitch Streamers Receive a Flood of Music Copyright Claims For Old Clips
“It looks like Twitch streamers are the latest targets for coordinated DMCA attacks,” writes Slashdot reader stikves. “What is more concerning is that these could potentially cripple their accounts.” Engadget reports: The company has acknowledged (via Evening Standard) a “sudden influx” of DMCA takedown requests against streamers for allegedly violating music copyright in clips captured by viewers between 2017 and 2019….
Twitter Doesn’t Want You Sharing This Link About TV Piracy
Twitter is home to some of the vilest neo-Nazis, racists, and homophobes on the planet. But don’t even think about discussing the one topic that’s apparently taboo on the platform: Piracy of TV shows.Read more… Source: https://gizmodo.com/twitter-doesnt-want-you-sharing-this-link-about-tv-pira-1834043362…
Warner Bros: Yes, We’re Aware Trump Ripped Off the Dark Knight Rises OST, No, He’s Not Allowed to Do That
To follow the doings of Donald Trump even briefly is to be constantly bombarded with a stream of indignities, breaches of protocol, reality-warping lies, and extended middle fingers, ranging from the petty (his staff photoshopping him to look thinner) to the outrageous (brazen efforts to make our cruel health care… Read more… Source: https://gizmodo.com/warner-bros-yes-were-aware-trump-ripped-off-the-dark-1833931127