GoPro can fall from planes with no parachute, can’t get copyright law
Found on ArsTechnica on Thursday, 21 March 2013
A GoPro "brand manager" has sent a DMCA takedown notice to DigitalRev, a photography shopping and discussion site. The review, titled "GOPRO Hero 3 vs SONY HDR-AS15—Which Action Camera should you get?" isn't up anymore. Instead, it has been replaced with a letter from GoPro.
DigitalRev has a blog post up about the takedown, suggesting that most DMCA takedowns are "abusive" in nature. "We hope GoPro is not suggesting, with this DMCA notice, that camera reviews should be done only when they are authorized by the manufacturers," writes DigitalRev.
It would make much more sense if bogus DMCA takedown notices would cause problems for those who sent them.