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Can someone explain to me how links to copyright content come under DMCA? Twitter is most definitely not hosting the copyright content? Why are they even at the

Can someone explain to me how links to copyright content come under DMCA? Twitter is most definitely not hosting the copyright content? Why are they even at the receiving end of takedown requests?

pwg 15y ago
> Can someone explain to me how links to copyright content come under DMCA? I'd surmise it is because to non-technical users, the distinction between a "link" to the content and the "content" itself is something they don't understand. From their point of view, the "link" is the content because when they click the link, the content appears. The vast majority of atty's filing dmca notices would fall into the non-technical user category.
dangrossman 15y ago
Profile images and backgrounds can be infringing and are hosted on Twitter. Enough people hijacked the identities of celebrities and businesses to need the Verified Accounts program after all.
- nextparadigms 15y ago
  Google takes down links under DMCA, too.
bibinou 15y ago
Chilling Effects has a FAQ under each takedown notice : >Question: Why does a user-generated content site get DMCA takedown notices for links users have posted? >Answer: Many copyright claimants are making complaints under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Section 512(d), a safe-harbor for providers of "information location tools." These safe harbors give providers immunity from liability for users' possible copyright infringement -- if they "expeditiously" remove material when they get complaints. Whether or not the provider would have been liable for infringement by users' materials it links to, the provider can avoid the possibility of a lawsuit for money damages by following the DMCA's takedown procedure when it gets a complaint. The person whose information was removed can file a counter-notification if he or she believes the complaint was erroneous. http://chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=180772#FAQ http://chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=1807...

Can someone explain to me how links to copyright content come under DMCA? Twitter is most definitely not hosting the copyright content? Why are they even at the receiving end of takedown requests?

pwg 15y ago

> Can someone explain to me how links to copyright content come under DMCA? I'd surmise it is because to non-technical users, the distinction between a "link" to the content and the "content" itself is something they don't understand. From their point of view, the "link" is the content because when they click the link, the content appears. The vast majority of atty's filing dmca notices would fall into the non-technical user category.

dangrossman 15y ago

Profile images and backgrounds can be infringing and are hosted on Twitter. Enough people hijacked the identities of celebrities and businesses to need the Verified Accounts program after all.

nextparadigms 15y ago
Google takes down links under DMCA, too.

bibinou 15y ago

Chilling Effects has a FAQ under each takedown notice : >Question: Why does a user-generated content site get DMCA takedown notices for links users have posted? >Answer: Many copyright claimants are making complaints under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, Section 512(d), a safe-harbor for providers of "information location tools." These safe harbors give providers immunity from liability for users' possible copyright infringement -- if they "expeditiously" remove material when they get complaints. Whether or not the provider would have been liable for infringement by users' materials it links to, the provider can avoid the possibility of a lawsuit for money damages by following the DMCA's takedown procedure when it gets a complaint. The person whose information was removed can file a counter-notification if he or she believes the complaint was erroneous. http://chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=180772#FAQ http://chillingeffects.org/dmca512c/notice.cgi?NoticeID=1807...