CyberGhost DMCAs Our Story About Their Bogus DMCA (Yes, Really)
VPN company CyberGhost just sent Cloudflare a bogus DMCA takedown demand, claiming that our article about their last bogus copyright takedown demand, somehow violates their copyright.I’m not sure I’d trust a VPN company that fucks up this badly.
There are a lot of sketchy VPN companies out there, and it’s sometimes tricky to tell which ones are legit, and which ones to be wary of. I would suggest that if your VPN company is running around sending totally bogus DMCA notices that’s a bad sign. But if your VPN company is sending bogus DMCA notices to take down stories about its bogus DMCA stories, well, then you really have found the worst of the worst.
Enter CyberGhost.
Almost exactly a year ago, we wrote about a bizarre copyright takedown involving CyberGhost. In that case, it had sent the takedown to Facebook because we had reposted the Daily Deal we had offered in 2016 for a CyberGhost subscription. As with all Techdirt posts, it had automatically reposted to our Facebook account.
For no clear reason, CyberGhost falsely claimed that Facebook post (but not our original post) violated its copyright (it does not). So yeah, this seemed like CyberGhost sending a copyright takedown of us running a promotion for their VPN from eight years earlier. How bizarre.
At the risk of sounding like a shill, Mullvad is the answer.
CyberGhost DMCAs Our Story About Their Bogus DMCA (Yes, Really)
VPN company CyberGhost just sent Cloudflare a bogus DMCA takedown demand, claiming that our article about their last bogus copyright takedown demand, somehow violates their copyright. I’m not sure …Techdirt
FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site
Worth noting ... the feds are coming for archival sites.
The Federal Bureau of Investigation is trying to unmask the operator of Archive.is, also known as Archive.today, a website that saves snapshots of webpages and is commonly used to bypass news paywalls.The FBI sent a subpoena to domain registrar Tucows, seeking “subscriber information on [the] customer behind archive.today” in connection with “a federal criminal investigation being conducted by the FBI.” The subpoena tells Tucows that “your company is required to furnish this information.”
The subpoena is supposed to be secret, but the Archive.today X account posted the document on October 30, the same day the subpoena was issued. The X post contained a link to the PDF and the word “canary.”
“If you refuse to obey this subpoena, the United States Attorney General may invoke the aid of a United States District Court to compel compliance. Your failure to obey the resulting court order may be punished as contempt,” the document said. It gave a deadline of November 29.
FBI orders domain registrar to reveal who runs mysterious Archive.is site
Tucows subpoenaed in criminal probe for info on “customer behind archive.today.”…Jon Brodkin (Ars Technica)
Boycott Chevron Day of Action 22 November
Boycott Chevron Day of Action 22 November
Disrupt business as usual, throw sand in the gears of Israel's genocide.BDS Movement
reshared this
How should we live with AI? 3 insights from researchers, scholars and artists
How should we live with AI? 3 insights from researchers, scholars and artists
Humanities scholars, artists, authors and computer scientists recently came together at the University of Toronto to explore how artificial intelligence will impact society.Mariam Matti (University of Toronto News)
From Playground to Database: child data in education
From Playground to Database: child data in education
In England’s schools, children are not only pupils but also data subjects. From the moment they are born, a digital record begins to take shape — one that will follow them through nursery, primary school, secondary education, and in many cases well i…Privacy International
Don’t trade away climate regulations we need to combat climate change
* archive.today
* web.archive.org
Don’t trade away climate regulations we need to combat climate change | Opinion
RGGI regulations are the only chance Pennsylvania has to meaningly address climate change at this time.Guest Editorial (pennlive)
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told | Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income households
Cutting home insulation funding will imperil UK’s climate goals, Reeves told
Energy firms and charities urge chancellor to avoid short-term fix that could also harm low-income householdsPippa Crerar (The Guardian)
Lula’s balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities
Lula’s balancing act: Cop30 Amazon summit juggles climate and social priorities
Brazil’s president welcomes world leaders while navigating divided government, promising action on deforestation and emissionsJonathan Watts (The Guardian)
California steps in as Trump skips global climate summit in Brazil
* archive.today
* web.archive.org
* ghostarchive.org
California steps in as Trump skips global climate summit in Brazil
California aims to build on its reputation as a global climate leader at this year's COP conference in Belém, Brazil.Hayley Smith (Los Angeles Times)
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters
Zohran Mamdani’s win shows the power of mobilizing non-voters
Mamdani reshaped the electorate, bringing hundreds of thousands of non-voters out to the polls, from young people to left-behind immigrant communitiesBen Davis (The Guardian)
Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility
Ghislaine Maxwell's prison emails show she is 'happier' at minimum-security Texas facility
Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex offender connected to Jeffrey Epstein, sent emails praising Federal Prison Camp Bryan in Texas after she was moved there in August.Erik Ortiz (NBC News)
Is Burying the Trees Killed by Wildfires a Climate Solution? Proponents tout biomass burial to create carbon credits as a win-win-win for the climate, fire-scarred landscapes & emissions offsets
Is Burying the Trees Killed by Wildfires a Climate Solution? - Inside Climate News
Proponents tout biomass burial to create carbon credits as a win-win-win for the climate, fire-scarred landscapes and those looking to offset their emissions.Inside Climate News
Less arguing, more action: will Brazil’s unorthodox approach to Cop30 work? Host uses Indigenous concepts and changes agenda to help delegates agree on ways to meet existing climate goals
Less arguing, more action: will Brazil’s unorthodox approach to Cop30 work?
Host uses Indigenous concepts and changes agenda to help delegates agree on ways to meet existing climate goalsFiona Harvey (The Guardian)
Steve
in reply to silence7 • • •