"NFL fumbles DMCA takedown battle, could face sanctions"


It’s no secret that some con­tent own­ers don’t seem to under­stand how the DMCA works—that, or they sim­ply don’t care when send­ing mass take­down notices. This seems to be the case with the recent saga of legal maneu­vers between the National Football League (NFL) and Brooklyn Law School pro­fes­sor Wendy Seltzer. The two have been going back and forth with DMCA-​​related “requests” since early February—with YouTube stuck in between—and in the process, the NFL itself appears to have vio­lated the DMCA.

— ars tech­nica

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