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DMCA Scattershot Hits Lessig Copyright Presentation

Ryan Paul, Ars Technica, April 29, 2009

Abstract: Lawrence Lessig, the well-known legal scholar and copyright reform advocate who founded Creative Commons, was surprised to discover that Warner Music issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice against one of his presentations on YouTube.

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