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WB's Takedown Notices Aimed at Entertainment Co.'s Own Websites

Critics of the DMCA got some ammunition recently, when Warner Bros. asked Google to take down hundreds of copyright-infringing websites ' only to later realize that it had included legitimate sites and some of the entertainment company's own official pages. The blunder dredges up questions about whether the current notice-and-takedown system is working for both copyright owners and service providers.

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Critics of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) got some ammunition recently, when Warner Bros. Entertainment (WB) asked Google to take down hundreds of copyright-infringing websites ‘ only to later realize that it had included legitimate sites and some of the entertainment company’s own official pages. The blunder dredges up questions about whether the current notice-and-takedown system is working for both copyright owners and service providers.

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