BL hit by DMCA

[mAc Chaos]

Recently, BL was hit by several DMCA takedown claims and we were forced to remove links to several cloud and image sites throughout the forum to prevent BL from being taken down.

Now the claims have been closed because we removed the links, but we're now left with many dead or removed links on the site. If you're the owner of a post or thread that has these dead links, send us a private message on how to proceed forward.

Likewise, if you see a post with a missing or broken link to some potentially copyrighted source, send us a private message.

Ultimately we will have a long term solution in place, but for now we can't risk Beast's Lair getting exploded by more claims.

[Formless Creature]

I wonder why they DMCA Beast's Lair for just having links and not the websites themselves which actually host them.

[Nikiri]

replacing certain string with another one, smart move

[BladeOfEden]

Did they give any specific examples? Kind of curious what things in particular they went after

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I wonder why they DMCA Beast's Lair for just having links and not the websites themselves which actually host them.

Those sites are probably based in a country that ignores such laws (Monaco, Luxembourg, etc). And, since they can’t get to them, they go after sites that link back to them.

[Baron Magnus]

... wait a second. This is a forum. Unless you guys are monetizing the hell out of it how does this place not inherently fall into the fair use exception?

[Kamera]

God I love Copyright Laws

[Anime Aurelius Anomaly]

Wait, how the hell- Actually, I'm not going to question it. Copyright laws are confusing for me.

[dovac]

... wait a second. This is a forum. Unless you guys are monetizing the hell out of it how does this place not inherently fall into the fair use exception?

Yes, this should fall under fair use but unless you know a lawyer who wants to work on this for free.

[mAc Chaos]

For most people, the threat of DMCAs isn't that they're right, it's that just fighting it is ruinous in legal costs.

[BladeOfEden]

For most people, the threat of DMCAs isn't that they're right, it's that just fighting it is ruinous in legal costs.

Not a lawyer, but I could make a spectacle in court for you guys.

[TomPen94]

Not a lawyer, but I could make a spectacle in court for you guys.

If you're okay with funding it yourself, go right ahead.

[BladeOfEden]

If you're okay with funding it yourself, go right ahead.

I’d need the details. You don’t have to have a lawyer represent you in court.

Also… Did you guys end up sending a counter notice? Or did you just go along with the claims without rebuttal?

(It’s fine if you didn’t, legal stuff is a lot of work, especially for a community-run fan forum)

[Five_X]

For most people, the threat of DMCAs isn't that they're right, it's that just fighting it is ruinous in legal costs.

It's a fun fact, but this kind of litigious culture was one of the main social disorders in 18th century France that led to the revolution.

[TomPen94]

So when will we start chopping heads off?
And whose heads will we be chopping off?

Joe won't work he'll forget his head at home.

[Formless Creature]

I say we just start chopping off whatever random heads we can find until something weird happens.

[tsugumi]

Some might call that the pol pot approach. Glasses wearers beware.