3 Count: Bowser’s Millions

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1: YouTube Says it Receives Millions of Incorrect Video Copyright Takedown Requests

First off today, Aimee Chanthadavong at ZDNet reports that YouTube has released its first every copyright report and, in doing so, has shined a light on the number and kinds of copyright requests it receives.

Specifically, YouTube looked at the three ways it receives copyright requests. The first two, Copyright Match and Content ID, are automated and the third, traditional copyright notices, are not. According to YouTube, it received some 1.6 million copyright match tool requests over the past six months and some 722 million content ID claims. Together, those two made up way more than 99% of all copyright claims.

YouTube did add that some 8% of the requests through the public web form during the six months counted were abusive or otherwise fraudulent. This is a much higher rate than through other methods that aren’t publicly available. However, YouTube said that the rate of counternotice was relatively low, just 5.2% for the form, and less than 2% for the automated tools.

2: Netflix’s Dubbed ‘#Alive’ Draws Lawsuit from Makers of English-language Version

Next up today, Edvard Pettersson at Courthouse News Service reports that Netflix has been hit with a lawsuit filed by Hollywood Innovation Group alleging that the streaming giant’s recent English dub of the film #Alive is a violation of their right to create an English version of the story.

According to the lawsuit, the author of the original screenplay only sold the rights to a Korean-language version to the producers of the film. They then sold a separate license to Hollywood Innovation Group to make an English-language version of the film. However, once the film became a hit in South Korea, Netflix snapped up the rights to stream it, they created an English dub of the film.

However, this had the predictable outcome of taking the release of Hollywood Innovation Groups English-language version, entitled Alone, and prompted the lawsuit with allegations that Netflix did not have the rights to release an English version of the film, dubbed or otherwise.

3: Gary Bowser Agrees to Pay $10 Million in Piracy Damages to Nintendo

Finally today, Ernesto Van der Sar at Torrentfreak writes that former Team-Xecuter member Gary Bowser has agreed to some $10 million in damages for his role in the group.

Team-Xecuter was a hacking group that offered both hardware and software tools that allowed users to play pirated games on the Nintendo Switch. This led to both a criminal investigation and a civil case against the group, including Bowser, who was accused of not just writing on behalf of the team, but trafficking in anti-circumvention devices.

However, the civil case with Bowser appears to have been settled with Bowser agreeing to pay some $10 million in damages to Nintendo. The judgment has not been signed off on by the judge but seems likely to be.

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