Apparently Ubuntu is infringing Paramounts Copyrights over Transformers movie!
For some unknown reason, Paramount Pictures has decided that the freely distributed Ubuntu OS torrents are "infringing" their copyrights on Transformers movie! Paramount Pictures recently sent a DMCA takedown notice to Google, accusing Ubuntu OS of infringing their copyrights.
Paramount Pictures Sends Takedown Notices to "Infringing" Ubuntu Torrents
Just when you thought the copyright infringement drama cant get any sillier, Paramount Pictures decides to send takedown notice to Google, accusing Ubuntu OS torrents of "infringing" their copyrights over Transformers: Age of Extinction movie. According to torrentfreak, copyright holders sent millions of takedown requests to Google every week and "it�s no surprise that errors are made". But their latest "error" seems rather odd.
As you can see, the torrent URL or the destination doesnt contain any references of this particular movie. Yet, a notice sent out by the movie studios anti-piracy partner a few days ago, and Google was asked to remove the Ubuntu torrent download page on ExtraTorrent, a popular torrent download website.
Whats even more interesting is the fact that, instead of any fact-checking, Google went ahead and took down the "infringing" URL. May be its just the standard practice given the sheer volume of takedown requests Google receives every other day (some three million requests per day, as per some reports). But here is the thing.
"Paramounts mistake may be relatively harmless, but it shows once again how much can go wrong with these automated DMCA notices. Whether these errors can be rooted out is doubtful as there is very little incentive for copyright holders to improve their accuracy."Read the detailed report and discussions at TorrentFreak
