YouTomb Joins Chilling Effects In Tracking Takedowns

Courtesy Techdirt  Wed, 05/21/2008 - 14:15

The DMCA lets copyright holders send takedown messages to various sites, demanding allegedly infringing content be taken offline.

It's been rather successful in doing that. A few years ago, a great site, Chilling Effects sprung up to track all sorts of takedown notices (not just having to do with copyright, but any kind of cease & desist threats -- though DMCA takedowns are common).

It's a joint effort by the EFF and a bunch of universities, and has been...

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