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Reddit Banned 5,853 Users for Excessive Copyright Infringement Last Year

TorrentFreak

In recent years, these have included the publication of a transparency report documenting how various legal policies affect the site’s content. Reddit’s responses to DMCA takedown notices and the site’s handling of excessive copyright infringement are listed separately in the “legal removals” section.

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Reddit Reports Surge in Copyright Takedown Notices and User Bans

TorrentFreak

In addition to rising visitor numbers, copyright enforcement complaints have skyrocketed to previously unimaginable levels. That includes the volume of incoming DMCA takedown notices. Reddit detailed these trends a few days ago in its latest transparency report. Reddit Takedown Record. Since then, the situation has changed.

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Reddit Banned 2,625 Subreddits For Excessive Copyright Infringement in 2021

TorrentFreak

For the purpose of this report, however, we’ll home in on the copyright issues faced by Reddit during the last year and how the site responded to them. Copyright Removals. On the other hand, when submitters send notices that are incomplete or invalid in some other way, Reddit does not.

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3 Count: False Takedown

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Zuhaad Ali at The Games Post reports that video game maker Bungie has filed a lawsuit against an individual named Nicholas Minor over allegations that Minor pretended to be a Bungie representative to file false copyright notices against other YouTubers. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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3 Count: Noisy Hill

Plagiarism Today

The Notorious Markets report is an annual report by the USTR that identifies international markets that enable piracy. The USTR invites input from various stakeholders, which is what the RIAA is providing in this report. 2: Lawyer: Cardi B ‘Humiliated’ Man with Racy Image on Mixtape.

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YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 – A step towards “factfulness”

Kluwer Copyright Blog

At the end of 2021, YouTube’s first Copyright Transparency Report 2021 (“Report”) was published. It is interesting to look at this Report against the background of the 2019 EU rules for the liability of platforms like YouTube through the famous Art. It is the first ever report by YouTube on copyright actions.

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3 Count: Frequent Flyer

Plagiarism Today

First off today, Kim Lyons at The Verge reports that American Airlines has filed a lawsuit against the travel tips website The Points Guy alleging that the site has violated their copyrights, trademarks and the terms of service of their frequent flyer program. 2: Nintendo Copyright Strikes That Pokemon First Person Shooter.