Not Again
Marvel issues takedown notices to Scans_Daily host
Posted on December 11, 2009 - 01:50 PM by Kevin Melrose
Moderators for Scans_Daily are considering limiting access to the online community after its host received takedown notices from Marvel on Thursday concerning 17 posts that contained copyrighted material.
The six-year-old community has frequently been at odds with publishers, creators and retailers over Scans_Daily members posting excerpts from comic books, sometimes only hours after their release. Tensions came to a head in late February, when LiveJournal shut down the community, forcing members to move first to InsaneJournal and then to current host Dreamwidth.
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This is really, really nonsensical for Marvel. What do they think they can gain from this? It is clearly petty bullying, nothing more.
Couldn't someone tell the legal people serving the DMCA notices that they're going after the wrong guys?
Posted on December 11, 2009 - 01:50 PM by Kevin Melrose
Moderators for Scans_Daily are considering limiting access to the online community after its host received takedown notices from Marvel on Thursday concerning 17 posts that contained copyrighted material.
The six-year-old community has frequently been at odds with publishers, creators and retailers over Scans_Daily members posting excerpts from comic books, sometimes only hours after their release. Tensions came to a head in late February, when LiveJournal shut down the community, forcing members to move first to InsaneJournal and then to current host Dreamwidth.
Source.
This is really, really nonsensical for Marvel. What do they think they can gain from this? It is clearly petty bullying, nothing more.
Couldn't someone tell the legal people serving the DMCA notices that they're going after the wrong guys?