Most professors can point to a few seminal moments in their careers, like the publication of that first paper or a promotion from the ranks of the adjuncts, that signaled their arrival as serious scholars.
Perhaps, in the age of YouTube, this will become another such moment: a professor’s first DMCA takedown notice.
Since its passage nearly a decade ago, the Digital Millennium Copyright Act has allowed copyright holders to demand that their work be taken offline if it has been posted without their permission. According to digital-rights activists, the holders wielding those notices often take a dim view of fair-use doctrine.
By BROCK READ
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