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The Lumen database collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals.

Recent Takedown Notices

  1. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  2. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  3. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  4. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google, Inc.
  5. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
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@lumendatabase on twitter

  1. "Samsung 'blocks' exploding Note 7 parody videos" following a copyright complaint. https://t.co/pgat97pusY
  1. "Google Has Quietly Dropped Ban on Personally Identifiable Web Tracking " https://t.co/8B3nmqzxZJ
  1. "Wikimedia Foundation files petition against decision to extend the ‘right to be forgotten’ globally" https://t.co/Gf0Ey5zm40
  1. RT @PamelaSamuelson: Trump will be too busy deporting all the undocumented aliens & suing newspapers for libel to pay attention to IP issue…

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  3. Apple's New Patent Could Allow Others to Disable Your Phone's Camera Keton Kakkar on
  4. "How Google is Fighting Piracy" Sabina Hartnett on
  5. UK Strengthens Punishment for Online Copyright Infringement Sabina Hartnett on
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