Digital Millennium Copyright Act

The most frustrating part about this business to me is all of the images and video that are stolen non stop and the more "freebies" there are out there! The less producers make and the less they hire! Fortunately, there are things we can do to stop the thieves that post images and videos illegally. About a week ago, I was informed of MANY clips that had been reposted illegally, one of mine and all in all about 200 on Twitter! I contacted Twitter and here is what they had to say...

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andr8a, Jun-03 04:01 pm (PDT):

Hello,

Twitter responds to valid Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA") takedown notices. More information on Twitter's Copyright and DMCA Policy is available here. You can also read more about the DMCA here.

Thanks,
andr8a

Twitter Trust & Safety

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Question: What is the Digital Millennium Copyright Act?

Answer: The DMCA, as it is known, has a number of different parts. One part is the anticircumvention provisions, which make it illegal to "circumvent" a technological measure protecting access to or copying of a copyrighted work (see Anticircumvention (DMCA)). Another part gives web hosts and Internet service providers a "safe harbor" from copyright infringement claims if they implement certain notice and takedown procedures (see DMCA Safe Harbor).