DMCA Horror Stories: Justin Bieber not a Belieber in Free Speech

DMCA Horror Stories

Justin Bieber: not a Belieber in Free Speech

“I made a video criticising the Justin Bieber movie ‘Believe’ (Negatively, of course), and (according to the response I got) Bieber HIMSELF apparently took down the video.”

“…I decided not to delete the video, since I knew that whatever parts I deleted wouldn’t be enough. To this day, it’s the only copyright claimer that I couldn’t deal with. It leads me to another thing that bothers me about the YouTube copyright system: You’re constantly left at the mercy of the claimer. To this day Bieber continues to get some small revenue off my video. And since I’m a small YouTuber, there’s no way that I got to speak with the people there. It’s simply ridiculous.”

Takedown abuse has gone too far.

For years, huge companies like Sony, Disney, and Comcast have been abusing the Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) to take down enormous swaths of online content, using automated software that ignores Fair Use rights and frequently misidentifies music and videos as copyrighted. Despite the fact that the system is already weighted in their favor, these companies are arguing that the DMCA doesn’t go far enough to give them control over online content. It's time to fight back against takedown abuse!

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