The Algorithmic Copyright Cops: Streaming Video's Robotic Overlords 194
thomst writes "Geeta Dayal of Wired's Threat Level blog posts an interesting report about bot-mediated automatic takedowns of streaming video. He mentions the interruption of Michelle Obama's speech at the DNC, and the blocking of NASA's coverage of Mars rover Curiosity's landing by a Scripps News Service bot, but the story really drills down on the abrupt disappearance of the Hugo Award's live stream of Neil Gaiman's acceptance speech for his Doctor Who script. (Apparently the trigger was a brief clip from the Doctor Who episode itself, despite the fact that it was clearly a case of fair use.) Dayal points the finger at Vobile, whose content-blocking technology was used by Ustream, which hosted the derailed coverage of the Hugos."
Obama, repeal the DMCA! (Score:5, Funny)
The DMCA has deleted your wife from the internet! You must repeal it immediately!
Sincerely,
A Concerned Internet Citizen
Re:Obama, repeal the DMCA! (Score:1, Funny)
In Soviet America, bot deletes wife!
Re:And why is the technology to blame? (Score:4, Funny)
Let's check facts first before we start ranting. Otherwise we (and our legitimate issues) look silly.