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| Chilling Effects Clearinghouse > DMCA Notices > Weather Reports > Repeat Senders | Location: https://www.chillingeffects.org/weather.cgi?WeatherID=643 |
Wendy Seltzer, Chilling Effects Clearinghouse, December 15, 2010
Abstract: In the last year, Chilling Effects saw more than 12,000 cease-and-desist notices reported. Over the next few weeks and into 2011, we will be doing preliminary analysis of patterns in those notices. We are also preparing the data to be more easily usable by other researchers.
In this post, I look at repeat senders -- individuals and entities who send frequent DMCA takedown notices.
Chilling Effects receives notices from several sources, but lately, the largest sources have been Internet hosts and search engines who pass on the DMCA Notices they receive and respond to: Google, Yahoo, Digg, and most recently, Twitter. (Combined DMCA takedowns totaled 11,500 between Jan 1 and Dec 15, 2010)
In that mix, we see some frequent users of the DMCA takedown process, companies and individuals who have sent multiple notices requesting removal of content -- or links to content -- they allege infringes their copyrights. We have also seen the rise of takedown agents, entities who send notices on behalf of one or more clients. The list below shows the 20 most frequent sender-principals from 2010, and the 10 most frequent agents.
Principals:
number Sender: type
1272 IFPI (International Federation of the Phonographic Industry): music
303 Clube do Hardware: articles
299 Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation: film
257 MAGNOLIA PICTURES INC.: film
230 APCM - Associação Anti Pirataria de Cinema e Musica: music
221 Removeyourcontent, LLC: images and video (adult content)
203 RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America): music
166 Autodata Limited: technical manuals
158 Folkert Knieper: recipe photographs
122 Product Partners, LLC / Beachbody: fitness DVDs
117 SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT / EPIC RECORDS / ESTATE OF MICHAEL JACKSON: music
106 Stones Throw Records LLC: music
92 Chappell & Co: music
88 Microsoft Corporation: software and instructional material
88 Globo Comunicação e Participações S/A: video
85 The New York Times: articles
84 Deckers Outdoor Corporation (UGG Australia): images of UGG boots
82 Vivid Entertainment Group, LLC: video (adult content)
81 Digiturk: TV
81 The NBA - National Basketball Association: video streams
Agents:
Removeyourcontent, LLC
Web Sheriff
RipBlock Antipiracy
NetResult
Attributor Corporation
French Solutions Ltd.
Internet Copyright Management
ebay_wise
MiMTiD Corp.
Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.
While the mix changes over time, the most frequent senders of DMCA takedown notices remain the music industry, whose institutional members have sent a combined total averaging roughly 5 takedowns a day.
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