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Greg Troy (KeepFighting)

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This is getting out of hand.
« on: August 13, 2012, 11:45:22 PM »
I found this article over on the EFF website and it has just left me shaking my head. Hours after the recent NASA Curiosity Rover landed on Mars NASA uploaded a video about it and containing the first pictures on YouTube. An automated infringement bot for a local Scripps news station saw the video and recognized it as something carried on the station and sent a DMCA takedown request and had NASA's video removed from YouTube.

Due to the volume of content on the web I understand why companies and individuals would employ an automated bot to search for infringing material however when material is found I think it should be kicked to a human to view and determine whether a DMCA takedown request is required. I am totally against the automation of takedown requests for reasons such as this.

Here is a link to the article if you're interested in reading it.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/mars-landing-videos-and-other-casualties-robot-wars
« Last Edit: August 13, 2012, 11:47:38 PM by Greg Troy (KeepFighting) »
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Re: This is getting out of hand.
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2012, 10:14:38 AM »
Thanks Greg!  That's a very well written article from someone who understands both sides.

 

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