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The DMCA is against free expression. To ban some expression a court order used to be needed. Now a DMCA request is enough, as long as some party enabling the ex
by cies 6y ago
The DMCA is against free expression. To ban some expression a court order used to be needed. Now a DMCA request is enough, as long as some party enabling the expression (Twitter in your example) is legally in the US, to effectively ban the expression. The burden of proof is shifted to the expressor.
This makes banning expression so much easier.
Funny enough the US tax money also paid for research to circumvent this issue, resulting in what we know as the dark web.
> except they aren't trying to kill us yet.
A lot of people have had their livelihood taken, or greatly reduced, by DMCA.
- mavhc 6y agoCounter notice, wait 14 days, content goes back up. Not exactly banned, just delayed
- jjoonathan 6y agoIn a highly competitive attention economy under merciless algorithmic control, a 14 day delay is a ban in all but name.
- LocalH 6y agoIt would be better if they were required to put the content back up within 24 hours of receiving the counter-notice
- mavhc 6y agoThey're waiting for the counter counter notice