Enlarge / Donald Trump (left) and Howard Stern (right) as seen at a November 4, 2005 New York Knicks game. (credit: James Devaney / Getty Images News) A Washington, DC startup that recently posted an audio archive of years’ worth of Howard Stern’s interviews with Donald Trump, all before he was elected president, has been […]
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Firewatch dev plans DMCA takedowns of PewDiePie’s videos over use of N-word
Felix “PewDiePie” Kjellberg used the N-word on a recent YouTube livestream, and that has some people upset with him — including Firewatch co-creator Sean Vanaman. After getting frustrated with another player during a match in the Battle Royale shooter PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds, PewDiePie screamed: “What a fucking n*****.” In the video, you can see him immediately […]
DMCA takedown removes River City Ransom Underground from Steam
Enlarge River City Ransom Underground was removed from Steam late last week, part of an unfolding legal drama surrounding a composer who has been directing DMCA copyright-infringement takedowns at games she says don’t have the rights to her music. Conatus’ Andrew Russell, one of the developers of River City Ransom Underground, said in a short statement that “we are […]
Forget DMCA takedowns—RIAA wants ISPs to filter for pirated content
(credit: Elias Bizannes) The Recording Industry Association of America and other rights holders are urging US copyright regulators to update the “antiquated” DMCA takedown process. They want Internet Service Providers to filter out pirated content. What the RIAA and 14 other groups are telling the US Copyright Office is simple: The 19-year-old Digital Millennium Copyright […]