Salon.com > GoPro http://www.salon.com Wed, 22 May 2013 14:20:40 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 A lesson from GoPro: Don’t mess with Reddit http://www.salon.com/2013/03/20/a_lesson_from_gopro_dont_mess_with_reddit/ http://www.salon.com/2013/03/20/a_lesson_from_gopro_dont_mess_with_reddit/#comments Wed, 20 Mar 2013 20:59:00 +0000 http://www.railrode.net/?p=13247216 Here's another piece of evidence that social media rules all. Copyright watchdogs started ringing the alarm bell on Wednesday when the news broke that the camera company GoPro had filed a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) notice demanding that a camera-focused website called DigitalRev.com pull down a review comparing recent GoPro and Sony "action" cameras.

The text of the takedown notice appeared to indicate that the use of GoPro trademarks in a review was a copyright violation. This is the kind of thing that a) raises hackles on the Web, and b) is completely ridiculous. If anything deserves fair use protection, it is product reviews. But the way the DMCA works, DigitalRev.com's Internet provider is required to shut down access to the offending website within 24 hours, no questions asked, unless the URL is taken down.

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