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Artists are playing takedown whack-a-mole to fight counterfeit merch

The Verge

I’m not sleeping well; I wake up to another person tagging me in a post with a new thing like, ‘Oh look, now they’re selling my Christmas card’,” Buchholz said. Some of the platforms are really scuzzy and they use the protections of the DMCA. The DMCA, he says, was made for a different era. DMCA reform is very tough,” he said.

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BTS fan Twitter accounts say they’re being targeted by copyright trolls

The Verge

The culprit, the account owners say, is a recent barrage of fake DMCA takedown notices. Fans across Twitter have sprung to action, aggressively reporting the page to Facebook, tagging Twitter support in comments, and flooding Bangladesh’s minister of state for foreign affairs with tweets.

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Facebook removes manipulated video from president’s account after DMCA complaint

The Verge

It appeared to be the first time one of Donktum’s edits has received the “manipulated media” tag, which is usually found on deepfakes. We have submitted a DMCA takedown notice on behalf of the video’s creator, and in accordance with Twitter’s policy,” Jukin’s statement reads.

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