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We should start a collection of these kinds of stories as case studies in why laws allowing any entity to legally compel removal of content are ripe for abuse.

DMCA as a law isn't even that ridiculous or reprehensible; it mostly offers protection for websites that have user-submitted content. And yet here we are.

The damages clause needs to be strengthened if we wish to continue having free speech on the internet.

EFF has a collection of DMCA abuses: https://www.eff.org/takedowns

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