> but it is intimidating to see your "do not use my photograph/short story/program without permission" on the ominously named chillingeffects.org, and this is n

> but it is intimidating to see your "do not use my photograph/short story/program without permission" on the ominously named chillingeffects.org, and this is not an accident. Considering how not-enforced the "knowingly materially misrepresents" clause has been on false DCMA takedown notices, I really hope it is intimidating (though the chillingeffects database has always been so low, it's pretty frustrating to use). The name isn't an accident, it was chosen very deliberately, but as jrockway already said, Chilling Effects predates Google's contributions. For those who didn't click through: "The Chilling Effects Clearinghouse is a unique collaboration among law school clinics and the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Conceived and developed at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society by Berkman Fellow Wendy Seltzer, the project is now supported by clinical programs at Harvard, Berkeley, Stanford, University of San Francisco, University of Maine, George Washington School of Law, and Santa Clara University School of Law clinics, and the EFF." According to Wikipedia, Google started submitting the takedown notices it receives a year later, after the whole Scientology/Xenu.net DMCA thing[1]. Not to pile on too much, but this was too funny to skip: "Helena Kobrin, lawyer for the Church of Scientology, stated she took offense at the name of [Chilling Effects], saying: 'It implies that the First Amendment gives people some special right to infringe copyrights.'" :) [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Clambake http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Clambake