TWITTER DMCA's? "CHILLING EFFECTS" too

You win a little. You lose a lot.

That's the Internet, where copyright is COPY WRONG, and violations are SOMETIMES removed as long as you jump through enough hoops and stick your neck out far enough for it to be chopped.

TWITTER actually has a DMCA policy now. Only you risk your life in filing a DMCA form.

Somebody posted a joke (which can't be copyrighted) and saw a bunch of "bot" Twitter accounts copy it. She filed an "intellectual property" complaint with Twitter because the accounts didn't "favorite" her joke which reprints it WITH attribution.

Within a few days, Twitter removed the stolen joke from several "bot" accounts.

Good?

IF I'M BEING HONEST, as much as I respect and admire comedians, this is a bit ridiculous.

I'm not aware of Twitter accounts being monetized. I haven't heard of people making money on Twitter based on how many "hits" a fuckin' Tweet gets.

PS, comics constantly have their jokes stolen. One of the most absurd examples, was Howie Mandel stealing a joke off Judy Tenuta years ago. The joke didn't even make SENSE told by Howie: "I was in the park feeding the pigeons. Breastfeeding them!"

Howie is MALE. The joke only works told by a FEMALE. Even though Howie is a "jerk" comedian, and maybe there's some humor in a guy being stupid enough to try and breastfeed pigeons, it's a woman's joke. And Howie had no business stealing it. Except Robin Williams was also stealing jokes, Milton Berle used to steal them, and a lot of comics steal, adapt, or simply come up with a similar line.

You might say that Twitter is at least doing SOMETHING useful. Better to err on the side of creativity and punish a plagiarist who takes your joke, your idea, your opinion, or your photo.

Except who do they really punish? They expose the person filing the DMCA, and NOT the anonymous jerk who plagiarized!

Twitter is one of the obnoxious cunt sites that tosses all complaints to the evil CHILLING EFFECTS dotcom, which is Google's Nazi sister.

How does that site make their money? Through donations from GOOGLE?

CHILLING EFFECTS, as its name implies, is designed to put a chill up the spine of ANY AND ALL RIGHTS OWNERS. Even eBay is not so evil that they publish their DMCA's at CHILLING EFFECTS.

The idea is: "If you have the NERVE to bother GOOGLE or TWITTER with a DMCA request, they will make sure you are risking a hack-attack by publishing that request at CHILLING EFFECTS. You can pray that some of your vital information is "redacted" but the odds aren't in your favor. A hacktivist will be able to figure out who you are and where you are and GET REVENGE.

Google, Twitter and the rest NEVER publish the contact information of the jerk who steals the copyrighted music, steals the quotes, steals the photos. NEVER. In many cases, they don't even ask for valid contact information! But they DO demand it if you want to stop the abuse, and they do make sure that information is CHILLINGLY made public.

Lastly, even if you file a DMCA, Twitter is NOT obligated to act. They can say "Nope, we don't think this is a violation, so fuck off." They point to that big DMCA sign that says "WE'RE JUST A VENUE" and under NO obligation to do anything at all.