Dmca twitter12/27/2023 ![]() Most likely the DMCA notice was filed not under 512c, which deals with web hosts, but rather 512d, which deals with information location tools (search engines, link blogs, etc.). This is why the safe harbor protections of the DMCA are so important. They would either be forced to police user uploads for infringement, which is impractical, or not accept user content at all, meaning shut down. Twitter, nor any service provider, can afford that. Failure to do otherwise could make them liable for infringement that takes place on their service, even if they didn’t upload it. Twitter, as a service provider based within the U.S., is legally obligated to have a DMCA agent and promptly respond to proper notices of copyright infringement by either deleting or disabling access to allegeldy infringing works. This raises a lot of questions but not just about Twitter’s DMCA policy, but also about the DMCA notice itself and whoever filed it. Who sent the complaint is unknown at this time but Twitter did pull down the tweet though both the original post and the linked file remain active. However, some time after it went up, Chigne received an email from Twitter saying that they had removed the update due to a DMCA complaint. The tweet simply read “New Post: Leaked: The National â” High Violet” and contained a link to the post. He then posted it to Mediafire, a file hosting service and wrote the blog post about it, following that up with the now-famous tweet. According to his post on the topic, he posted a blog entry that linked to a leaked MP3 from an upcoming album entitled “High Violet” for the band The National.Īccording to Chigne, he found the MP3 for free on another site, Pitchfork, where it had been hosted legally since April 13. What is known about the case is that it revolves around a music blogger named JeanPierre Chigne. It seems that Twitter may be ill-prepared for handling copyright issues and the case of JeanPierre Chigne seems only to solidify that position. ![]() I wrote about it last year (last year to the day actually) calling their DMCA procedure “A Fine Mess”.īut while those aren’t the Twitter’s DMCA issues being scrutinized now, they are related. What exactly happened, remains unclear, as I will discuss in a minute, but this is not the first time that Twitter has gotten negative press for its handling of DMCA issues. A recent story about a Twitter DMCA takedown has been getting a lot of press, including a mention on Mashable and on Ars Technica.
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