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
- DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
- DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
- DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Google
- DMCA Takedown Notice (Tweet)
- DMCA Takedown Notice (Tweet)
@lumendatabase on twitter
- "Selling alterable versions of Star Wars is still infringement, court says" https://t.co/qVrhSQwDvo [insert "infringed first" joke here]
- "On Second Thought: A faux Jesus disappears from the record" https://t.co/clSUfWaw4t
- "After Right to Privacy Ruling, Focus Must Now Be on Creating Robust Data Protection Laws" https://t.co/F8Sdc8lYG3
- "Entire Kim Dotcom Spying Operation Was Illegal, High Court Rules" https://t.co/NYUX9ElgkK
From the Blog
- Data from the Lumen Database Highlights How Companies Use Fake Websites and Backdated Articles to Censor Google’s Search Results
- (Part 3) Serving a Self: Reading the Law into Popular Conceptualizations of the Right of Publicity
- Bad Reviews: How Companies Are Using Fake Websites to Censor Content
- (Part 2) Serving a Self: Reading the Law into Popular Conceptualizations of the Right of Publicity
- Bad Reviews: How Companies Abuse the DMCA to Silence Negative Criticism