WordPress.com has begun to change its stance on copyright law takedown abuse. THE company συνιστά στην υπηρεσία πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων των Η.Π.Α. (U.S. Copyright Office) να εισαγάγει νέο νόμο που θα επιτρέπει αποζημιώσεις για να μειωθεί η frequency of incorrect and abusive DMCA takedown requests.
Η Automattic, η εταιρεία πίσω από τη δημοφιλή blogging πλατφόρμα WordPress.com, δέχεται χιλιάδες αιτήσεις κατάργησης από τους κατόχους πνευματικών δικαιωμάτων κάθε χρόνο.
A significant proportion of these announcements contain inaccuracies and there are several which are incorrect, fraudulent or abusive.
In a recent report to the Copyright Office of USA, Automattic General Counsel Paul Sieminski explains that “enforcement bots” and a lack of human review are responsible for many of the inaccurate takedown requests.
"While we recognize that the use of automated tools may be necessary in certain forms of infringement and in certain types of websites, personal blogs are not the appropriate targets for law enforcement robots."
"Copyright holders have a duty to consider the request before sending a removal notice, and robots just can't be right at all," says Sieminski.
Automattic makes every effort to comply with DMCA requests, but the company believes that more needs to be done to prevent such future situations. The current regulations are not sufficient, the company supports.
Among the changes proposed by the company is a new law that will allow compensation in the event of abuse of removal requests by the DMCA.
"This can ensure that those who cause harm through false statements will be held accountable for their actions," Sieminski said.
Automattic's comments have been submitted to a public government consultation to assess whether or not the DMCA law needs to be reformed in the future.
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