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dzhiurgis on Dec 10, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: Reflecting on the Right to be Forgotten

Google seems to be happily applying DMCA to the whole world.

wyager on Dec 10, 2016 [–]

I don't think they're happy about it. They've funded a lot of anti-DMCA stuff under "chilling effect" branding. The DMCA is a horrible law, so I don't think we should use it to justify similar takedown behavior under other laws.

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