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Columbia Pictures, the studio behind the recent Adam Sandler film "Pixels," has gone on the warpath, targeting independent films on Vimeo that use the word "pixels" in the title, TorrentFreak reports.
According to a DMCA complaint lodged with Vimeo by anti-piracy organisation Entura International on behalf of Columbia Pictures, with which Vimeo has complied, 10 videos were targeted by the production company.
These include: "Pixels -- Life Buoy," filmmaker Dragos Bardac's project for his degree at the National University of Arts in Bucharest, Romania, uploaded in 2010; a dance music video called "Detuned Pixels -- Choco" uploaded in 2014; a short film called Pantone Pixels, uploaded in 2011; a video by graphic designer Franz Jeitz, announcing that he'll be speaking at the 2015 Pixels Festival; and, ironically, the award-winning short film "Pixels" by Patrick Jean which served as the inspiration for the Sandler film.
While Jean's film has been removed from his own account, it remains untouched on the account of One More Productions, which produced it.
The sweep also caught two unofficially uploaded copies of the Columbia Pictures film's trailer. A search for the word "pixels" on Vimeo reveals that some targeting may have been applied, returning some 9,050 results still live on the site at time of writing.
According to a complaint by NGO NeMe, which uploaded a video called "Pixels" in 2006, video creators are also being issued "strikes" along with the takedown. When a content creator receives three of these strikes, their channel will be suspended from the site.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2015, @06:01PM
> I smell a class action lawsuit where only lawyers make money.
That's the inevitable result of a legal system based on capitalism.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday August 11 2015, @06:10PM
And a possibility for me to be snarky and make a dumb joke ;)
(Score: 3, Interesting) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Tuesday August 11 2015, @07:30PM
I recently received two plainly fraudulent Robo Calls.
Automated recorded telephone calls other than from political campaigns are a Federal civil offense. I don't know that I have the headspace to deal with it but I contemplate suing the ignorant mother fuckers.
However I could not use Small Claims Court; that's a State thing. I don't think there's a Federal Small Claims Court so I'd have to sue in Big Claims Court. That's a huge pain in the ass.
The win is that the attorneys don't get any money; I would act Pro Per.
Yes I Have No Bananas. [gofundme.com]
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 12 2015, @02:20AM
Politicians exempted themselves from robocall laws, just like they exempted themselves from insider trading laws.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Wednesday August 12 2015, @02:30AM
Insider trading?
How many elected officials would be willing to sign a sworn statement that itemized all their trades?
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