This is getting out of hand.

[Greg Troy (KeepFighting)]

I found this article over on the EFF website and it has just left me shaking my head. Hours after the recent NASA Curiosity Rover landed on Mars NASA uploaded a video about it and containing the first pictures on YouTube. An automated infringement bot for a local Scripps news station saw the video and recognized it as something carried on the station and sent a DMCA takedown request and had NASA's video removed from YouTube.

Due to the volume of content on the web I understand why companies and individuals would employ an automated bot to search for infringing material however when material is found I think it should be kicked to a human to view and determine whether a DMCA takedown request is required. I am totally against the automation of takedown requests for reasons such as this.

Here is a link to the article if you're interested in reading it.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/08/mars-landing-videos-and-other-casualties-robot-wars

[stinger]

Thanks Greg!  That's a very well written article from someone who understands both sides.