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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 Google
  2. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
  3. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
  4. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
  5. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
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  1. "Event report: The private copying exception and the compensation of harm in a dematerialised environment" https://t.co/d3RyGXVExB
  1. "New EU law prescribes website blocking in the name of “consumer protection” " https://t.co/D42skBLDog
  1. "California Appeals Court Issues A Ruling That Manages To Both Protect And Undermine Online Speech" https://t.co/LCUSEH8up1
  1. "YouTube Defeats Defamation Claim in ‘Remove-and-Relocate’ Case–Bartholomew v. YouTube" https://t.co/NsTp3utSyk

From the Blog

  1. Lumen Research In the News - Texas AG sues CA company over falsified court orders business model Adam Holland on
  2. Data from the Lumen Database Highlights How Companies Use Fake Websites and Backdated Articles to Censor Google’s Search Results Mostafa El Manzalawy - 2017 Lumen Summer Intern on
  3. (Part 3) Serving a Self: Reading the Law into Popular Conceptualizations of the Right of Publicity Chris Crum - 2017 Lumen Summer Intern on
  4. Bad Reviews: How Companies Are Using Fake Websites to Censor Content Mostafa El Manzalawy - 2017 Lumen Summer Intern on
  5. (Part 2) Serving a Self: Reading the Law into Popular Conceptualizations of the Right of Publicity Chris Crum - 2017 Lumen Summer Intern on
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