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7 Takeaways from YouTube’s Copyright Transparency Report

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Yesterday, YouTube published its first every Copyright Transparency Report. With that step, it follows in the footsteps of Google , Facebook , Reddit and other major industry players in publishing such a report. However, YouTube’s first report comes out in a very different context than the others.

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Facebook’s Plagiarism Problems Are Deeper Than You Realize

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Back in September , I reported on Facebook’s Widely Viewed Content Report and how Casey Newton, a reporter at The Verge, noticed that nearly all the top posts on Facebook for the quarter were plagiarized. . This was in part because the company feared running afoul of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).

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3 Count: Grand Theft Copyright

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1: Ex-White House Photographer Sued for Copyright Over His Own Photo: ‘You Can’t Make This Up’. First off today, Bevan Hurley at The Independent reports that former White House photographer Pete Souza says that he is facing legal threats over his use of a photograph he took on his own website. Have any suggestions for the 3 Count?

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3 Count: False Takedown

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First off today, Zuhaad Ali at The Games Post reports that video game maker Bungie has filed a lawsuit against an individual named Nicholas Minor over allegations that Minor pretended to be a Bungie representative to file false copyright notices against other YouTubers. Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday.

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3 Count: Noisy Hill

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1: RIAA Flags ‘Artificial Intelligence’ Music Mixer as Emerging Copyright Threat. The Notorious Markets report is an annual report by the USTR that identifies international markets that enable piracy. The USTR invites input from various stakeholders, which is what the RIAA is providing in this report.

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3 Count: One More Thing…

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First off today, Blake Brittain at Reuters reports that the internet service provider Astound Broadband has been ordered to pay a group of music labels $46.7 million over their alleged contributory infringement of some 1,400 copyright-protected works. 3: Apple’s Copyright Claims Ripped Down a Fan’s Archival WWDC YouTube channel.

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3 Count: Truth Settles

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1: Lizzo Settles Truth Hurts Copyright Battle with Former Collaborators. First off today, Chris Cooke at Complete Music Update reports that Lizzo has reached a settlement with her former collaborators over her hit song Truth Hurts. The post 3 Count: Truth Settles appeared first on Plagiarism Today.