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   Terence Eden (edent@mastodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 01:59:00 JST Terence Eden

   🆕 blog! “DMCA as a vector for pornographic spam?”

   There's a law in the USA called the DMCA - Digital Millennium Copyright Act. Amongst its myriad provisions is the ability for copyright holders to send takedown notices to service providers. If someone has ripped off your content, you can send them a legal letter saying "take that down". People often send DMCA re…

   👀 Read more: https://shkspr.mobi/blog/2024/07/dmca-as-a-vector-for-pornographic-spam/
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   #copyright #DMCA #firefox #google

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 01:59:00 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     @Edent I've heard some of these folks have been hiring companies to protect their content, and some of those companies have realized that they can "spray-and-pray" DMCA complaints without consequence... so they do.

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     Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag: (ryanc@infosec.exchange)'s status on Tuesday, 09-Jul-2024 01:59:56 JST Ryan Castellucci :nonbinary_flag:

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     @Edent I'm pretty sure they send these things out without any human review, it's just a bot.