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How to completely destroy your reputation as a company 101. Just keep doubling down on the hostility, gaslighting and and narcissism Filmora. I am sure it will

How to completely destroy your reputation as a company 101. Just keep doubling down on the hostility, gaslighting and and narcissism Filmora. I am sure it will work out eventually. /s

kevin_thibedeau 4y ago
GoPro used fraudulent DMCAs to silence negative reviews. They didn't face any repercussions.
- Bilal_io 4y ago
  Bever hear that before, I'll look it up to confirm, and if true I will not give them my money in the future. Edit: the single case I found was against DigitalRev back in 2013. Either that was a one off mistake, or Google betrayed me. Do your own research.
  - sitkack 4y ago
    You saw this, https://petapixel.com/2013/03/20/gopro-uses-dmca-to-take-down-article-comparing-its-camera-with-rival/ https://petapixel.com/2013/03/20/gopro-uses-dmca-to-take-dow... linked from the lumen article?
    - Bilal_io 4y ago
      I used Google and found other articles, but similarly they were all talking about DigitalRev
- commoner 4y ago
  Abusing the DMCA to take down unwanted reviews is an easy way to generate bad press for your own company. > GoPro’s poor attempt at taking down a (mostly positive) review of the GoPro Hero 3 erupted into a deluge of unwanted bad press for the camera company. The fact that they Streisanded themselves into an even worse position, and were pressured into giving a public response shortly thereafter, has not scared other companies away from abusing similar tactics. > Unhappy with Lennie’s review, Rotolight decided to file a DMCA takedown notice to Vimeo claiming “the title and tags for the Video, did infringe our trademark.” The video was then taken down by Vimeo, which at the time only had about 150 total views. After Lennie took to the Internet exposing the DMCA notice in a blog post, the takedown went viral across tech sites and copyright blogs, unanimously shaming Rotolight’s blatant abuse of the DMCA. > Rotolight, like GoPro, quickly issued an apology for their baseless claims of copyright infringement. In an almost identical series of events, both companies were caught red-handed trying to get away with suppressing negative criticism with DMCA notices they had to have known had no basis whatsoever. Both companies, were then rightfully shamed into publicly retracting their copyright claims. https://www.lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/797 https://www.lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/797
  - randallsquared 4y ago
    Those excerpts sure sound like they round off to "didn't face any repercussions"...
  - monkeywork 4y ago
    Bad press is a calculated risk - for every time something goes viral there are likely TONS of time that it quietly goes their way. Large financial and legal repercussions are required here. The balance of power is way to far one sided.
- Magi604 4y ago
  Ooh I want to read about this. Do you have a link?
- sitkack 4y ago
  I will never buy a GoPro due to their actions.
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bakugo 4y ago
I wish this was true. The reality is that this won't harm them at all because most people simply don't care. Plenty of companies that are openly hostile to their customers are doing better than ever, Nintendo comes to mind as another common DMCA abuser.
- phpisthebest 4y ago
  Long term it will not hurt them, but they are not helping themselves short term. The best course of action for them would have been to just ignore it, their continued engagement keeps it in the news and keeps expanding the Audience. I had never heard of this company before, however now multiple higher profile tech personalities have commented on it, and the more they double down and blame the consumer the wider the story will get
drak0n1c 4y ago
The Firewatch game developers used DMCA against PewDiePie when he played their game, and it was accepted and honored by YouTube. There was a brief social media backlash/discussion but that's mostly forgotten by now.

How to completely destroy your reputation as a company 101. Just keep doubling down on the hostility, gaslighting and and narcissism Filmora. I am sure it will work out eventually. /s

kevin_thibedeau 4y ago

GoPro used fraudulent DMCAs to silence negative reviews. They didn't face any repercussions.

Bilal_io 4y ago
Bever hear that before, I'll look it up to confirm, and if true I will not give them my money in the future. Edit: the single case I found was against DigitalRev back in 2013. Either that was a one off mistake, or Google betrayed me. Do your own research.
- sitkack 4y ago
  You saw this, https://petapixel.com/2013/03/20/gopro-uses-dmca-to-take-down-article-comparing-its-camera-with-rival/ https://petapixel.com/2013/03/20/gopro-uses-dmca-to-take-dow... linked from the lumen article?
  - Bilal_io 4y ago
    I used Google and found other articles, but similarly they were all talking about DigitalRev
commoner 4y ago
Abusing the DMCA to take down unwanted reviews is an easy way to generate bad press for your own company. > GoPro’s poor attempt at taking down a (mostly positive) review of the GoPro Hero 3 erupted into a deluge of unwanted bad press for the camera company. The fact that they Streisanded themselves into an even worse position, and were pressured into giving a public response shortly thereafter, has not scared other companies away from abusing similar tactics. > Unhappy with Lennie’s review, Rotolight decided to file a DMCA takedown notice to Vimeo claiming “the title and tags for the Video, did infringe our trademark.” The video was then taken down by Vimeo, which at the time only had about 150 total views. After Lennie took to the Internet exposing the DMCA notice in a blog post, the takedown went viral across tech sites and copyright blogs, unanimously shaming Rotolight’s blatant abuse of the DMCA. > Rotolight, like GoPro, quickly issued an apology for their baseless claims of copyright infringement. In an almost identical series of events, both companies were caught red-handed trying to get away with suppressing negative criticism with DMCA notices they had to have known had no basis whatsoever. Both companies, were then rightfully shamed into publicly retracting their copyright claims. https://www.lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/797 https://www.lumendatabase.org/blog_entries/797
- randallsquared 4y ago
  Those excerpts sure sound like they round off to "didn't face any repercussions"...
- monkeywork 4y ago
  Bad press is a calculated risk - for every time something goes viral there are likely TONS of time that it quietly goes their way. Large financial and legal repercussions are required here. The balance of power is way to far one sided.
Magi604 4y ago
Ooh I want to read about this. Do you have a link?
sitkack 4y ago
I will never buy a GoPro due to their actions.

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bakugo 4y ago

I wish this was true. The reality is that this won't harm them at all because most people simply don't care. Plenty of companies that are openly hostile to their customers are doing better than ever, Nintendo comes to mind as another common DMCA abuser.

phpisthebest 4y ago
Long term it will not hurt them, but they are not helping themselves short term. The best course of action for them would have been to just ignore it, their continued engagement keeps it in the news and keeps expanding the Audience. I had never heard of this company before, however now multiple higher profile tech personalities have commented on it, and the more they double down and blame the consumer the wider the story will get

drak0n1c 4y ago

The Firewatch game developers used DMCA against PewDiePie when he played their game, and it was accepted and honored by YouTube. There was a brief social media backlash/discussion but that's mostly forgotten by now.