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Lumen is an independent research project studying takedown notices along with other legal removal requests and demands concerning online content. We collect and analyze requests to OSPs to remove material from their services. lumendatabase.org

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Ari Cohn@aricohn.com · 22h ago

Ted Cruz leads by calling out FCC jawboning (though he did leave out Carr's specific public interest obligation threats) and asking FCC nominee Danielle Thumann to commit to not using FCC authority to pressure, coerce, or punish broadcasters based on protected speech.

Internet Archive@archive.org · 21h ago

We printed about 500 of these Wayback Machine postcards for our October celebration. You can print your own with the new CC0 PDF we're sharing at archive.org/details/wayb... OR pick one up at our Friday tours! We give a free public tour of our headquarters every Friday at 1pm, 300 Funston Ave in SF.

A vintage-style postcard design with an orange border and a faded photograph of a grand neoclassical library building in the background. Large, tilted navy-blue lettering filled with images of computer servers reads “WAYBACK,” with teal, red, and yellow retro stripes beneath each letter. Smaller script lettering in the upper left reads “Greetings from.”
Lumen Database@lumendatabase.bsky.social · 2w ago

www.techdirt.com/2026/10/29/t...

The Streisand Effect Case Might Have Played Out Differently In Germany

As you may know, The Streisand Effect was originally coined right here on Techdirt in 2005, though it referred back to an event from 2003 when Barbra Streisand sued Ken Adelman, because his project to map how erosion impacted the California coastline incidentally included a photo of Streisand’s Malibu mansion. Streisand demanded $50 million in...

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Lumen Database@lumendatabase.bsky.social · 2mo ago

This recently crossed Lumen's desk - fascinating stuff, and going to show that there any many facets to the copyright takedown ecosystem, with much of the activity regarding (alleged) infringement happening outside the ambit of the DMCA or legal proceedings. sflc.in/false-copyri...

False Copyright Strikes on Meta Platforms

Recently, several creators have approached SFLC.in with similar complaints- where their accounts are held ransom to scammers who file false copyright strikes on their content and demand money to cease...

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Lumen Database@lumendatabase.bsky.social · 2mo ago

www.techdirt.com/2026/09/04/t...

Take-Two’s Leak Burying DMCA Attempts Snared GameStop & Gaming Journalist That Did Nothing Wrong

I have mostly stayed away from the whole saga surrounding the drip-drip leaks of Grand Theft Auto 6 content prior to the big reveal on Netflix because, frankly, I am quite wary of giving companies the kind of guerilla marketing wins that sometimes look like this sort of thing. That being said, I really don't...

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Electronic Frontier Foundation@eff.org · 2mo ago

A federal court ruled that a copyright holder can send a DMCA takedown notice based on their belief that speech is infringing—even when that belief is unreasonable. We think that sets the bar far too low, and we will appeal this ruling. www.eff.org/deeplinks/2...

Court Rules Against Citizen Journalists in DMCA Takedown Case—EFF

A federal court in Massachusetts has ruled that copyright holders can issue online takedown notices based on a subjective belief of copyright infringement, even when that belief is unreasonable and

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