Questions tagged [dmca]
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a United States copyright law. It provides copyright holders with a mechanism to address copyright violations, while reducing liability for content providers (such as Stack Exchange).
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Do we have to take down the material for 14 days even if the DMCA notice is erroneous?
A very large site and my site are both licensed to use product images created and photographed by the same vendor. Now the large site comes after my site and sends a DMCA notice to my hosting provider,...
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Is youtube-dl takedown due to their tests which use copyrighted content?
The DMCA takedown notice posted on GitHub's youtube-dl page seems to be primarily based on the fact that youtube-dl is expressly advertised as a tool to "circumvent the technological protection ...
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Can I request my comment be deleted from a forum if I made that post when I was 12?
Basically what the title says. I'm very ignorant when it comes to these sorts of laws and rules so please be kind. I made a post on an “audition forum” when I was 12 years old. The post included my ...
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Who gets in trouble if a user uploads pirated content on an open platform?
I have made this site similar to Youtube/Instagram where users can upload photos/videos to their profile and share it with others.
Recently, some users have started to pirate content (some have ...
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What does "actual knowledge" mean in the context of DMCA safe harbors?
According to 17 U.S. Code § 512 - Limitations on liability relating to material online (emphasis mine):
A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in ...
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Are there consequences for not filing a DMCA (any country)
Awhile ago, I linked someone to a fansite of people who read his indie fiction and he cursed me out because there were illegal copies to his work on it. He told me that he was legally bound to file ...
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How can I legally protect my website from users who upload copyrighted material?
I have a small website that hosts content in the form of text from registered users. The content can be described more specifically as short novels, essays and other personal work. How do I protect ...
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Has anyone been convicted of perjury for false DMCA takedown notices?
When a copyright holder demands that infringing material be taken down, the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) paragraph 3A(vi) requires:
A statement that the information in the notification is ...
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Fair Use and DMCA [closed]
My project (EditVideoBot) is an automated 'Twitter bot' program that allows users to edit videos within Twitter (they can add music to the video, or their own text, etc). My first account I ran this ...
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Can I get my answers deleted from Stack Exchange?
According to a moderator statement in meta that I read, Stack Exchange claims a "license" on the answers and questions which a user has posted.
From a copyright standpoint can a claim be made or a ...
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Are pictures that don't have model releases protected under the DMCA?
Let's say a user of my website posted a picture. I know that as long as my website and the picture satisfies the conditions of the DMCA, I have a safe harbor against copyright claims by the individual ...
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Does the DMCA takedown procedure apply if the original work is not online?
I am referring to this situation: document B is alleged to infringe the copyright of document A.
Document B is hosted online (as I believe is necessary for the DMCA to apply).
Document A, the original ...
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Is creating and selling "cheats" or "hacks" for games illegal?
I sell game hacks for a living, but wanted to learn more about the laws regarding what I do.
Most of you probably haven't heard of this, but there are people like me who reverse engineer games, and ...
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Digidyne v. Data General: how does this not legally protect Apple macOS running on non-Apple branded hardware?
I was just reading https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_General_RDOS#Antitrust_lawsuit which discusses Digidyne v. Data General:
When Data General introduced the Data General Nova, a company called ...
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Can I host copyrighted content until I get a DMCA notice?
The content is subtitles in my case. Can I host it until I get a DMCA notice? Or can I not even host it?
Can copyright holders cause trouble without first filing a DMCA notice?
Most creators wouldn't ...
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