{"id":58919,"date":"2021-08-23T09:00:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T09:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=58919"},"modified":"2021-08-23T09:00:39","modified_gmt":"2021-08-23T09:00:39","slug":"torrentfreak-news-article-targeted-by-dubious-drm-circumvention-complaint","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=58919","title":{"rendered":"TorrentFreak News Article Targeted by Dubious \u2018DRM Circumvention Complaint"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"tfAt TorrentFreak, we have written hundreds of articles about dubious takedown notices. Today, we find ourselves at the center of another one.<\/p>\n

Earlier this week the \u2018American Society of Composers\u2019 sent a series of \u201cDRM Circumvention\u201d complaints to Google, acting on behalf of the Video Industry Association of America.<\/p>\n

These notices are similar to standard DMCA takedown requests but focus on content that violates the DMCA\u2019s anti-circumvention provision<\/a>. And there\u2019s another important distinction. Unlike normal takedown notices, there is no option to appeal a wrongful accusation.<\/p>\n

Irreversable DRM Circumvention Takedowns<\/h2>\n

Whether the site operators agree with the takedowns or not, they are generally irreversible. The DMCA doesn\u2019t prescribe a takedown and counter-notification scheme for these notices and Google previously confirmed that it doesn\u2019t have an official appeal process either. <\/p>\n

This puts the targets of these recent notices at a severe disadvantage. That includes TorrentFreak, as one of our news articles was reported as well<\/a>. Not once, but in four separate takedown requests.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

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The news article in question<\/a> covers legal developments in the lawsuit against Blu-Ray ripping software DVDFab, which dates back five years ago. However, the American Society of Composers sees something else.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese links provides the circumventive measures to download the copyrighted video or audio content by bypassing the copyright protection of streaming services including Netflix, Disney+, HBO, Amazon Prime, Hulu, YouTube, Dailymotion, Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music etc,\u201d their takedown notice reads. <\/p>\n

Google Takes No Action<\/h2>\n

When we started writing this article, it appeared that the article was indeed removed from search results but, on closer inspection, it\u2019s still listed. Whether we missed it the first time around or whether Google stepped in is not clear.<\/p>\n

Needless to say, we don\u2019t like to see our articles removed from search engines based on inaccurate claims. Especially when there\u2019s no formal appeal process, but luckily no action is needed from our end.<\/p>\n

Several other \u2018non-news\u2019 URLs were removed from the search results. These include DVDFab reviews<\/a> and various sites that show how people can get a free copy or crack<\/a> for the software.<\/p>\n

If these sites disagree with the takedowns, they can try to reach out to the copyright holder and ask them to retract their claim. However, the \u201cVideo Industry Association of America<\/a>\u201d has no presence on the Internet at all. <\/p>\n

The same is true for the American Society of Composers. This sounds a lot like the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, better known as ASCAP<\/a>, but that organization has no connections to the movie industry. <\/p>\n

At this point, we\u2019re not even sure if these organizations exist. That\u2019s something affected sites could bring up in counternotice, if only that was an option.<\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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At TorrentFreak, we have written hundreds of articles about dubious takedown notices. Today, we find ourselves at the center of another one. Earlier this week the \u2018American Society of Composers\u2019 sent a series of \u201cDRM Circumvention\u201d complaints to Google, acting on behalf of the Video Industry Association of America. These notices are similar to standard […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":58920,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[308],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58919","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-torrent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58919","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=58919"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58919\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/58920"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=58919"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=58919"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=58919"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}