Something seems suspicious: Ars Technica Reports Bernie Sanders Lawyers filled DMCA against Wikipedi

[OmniConsUme]

[URL="http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/bernie-sanders-campaign-sends-dmca-notice-to-wikipedia-over-logos/"]http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2016/01/bernie-sanders-campaign-sends-dmca-notice-to-wikipedia-over-logos/[/URL]

[QUOTE]
A lawyer representing Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has demanded that several of the campaign's logos be removed from Wikipedia, saying that reproducing the logos violates copyright law. The Wikimedia Foundation has complied with the DMCA takedown notice and removed the notices.

It's fairly surprising that the campaign would seek to ban wide distribution of its logos, which are clearly positive advertising for the campaign. It's even more surprising that after getting a call from the Wikimedia Foundation, the Sanders campaign didn't back down or blame an overzealous volunteer attorney—the campaign confirmed it wants Wikipedia to comply with the notice and not publish its logos.

"We also contacted the attorneys representing the Bernie Sanders campaign to discuss the issue, and they asked that WMF carry out a takedown in compliance with the DMCA rather than work with the community to update the licensing information or allow the images," wrote Wikimedia community manager James Alexander on a discussion page about the Sanders DMCA notices.[/QUOTE]

It feels like something is off... I don't Think Bernie himself would do that. It feels like overzealous Lawyer doing this.

[Perrine]

If you're suspicious of your own source, then validate it.

[url]https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Office_actions/DMCA_notices#Bernie_Sanders_Logos[/url]

[url]https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/File:Bernie_Sanders_-_Wikimedia_Commons_DMCA_takedown_-_Redacted.pdf[/url]

[quote]We also contacted the attorneys representing the Bernie Sanders campaign to discuss the issue and they asked that WMF carry out a takedown in compliance with the DMCA rather than work with the community to update the licensing information or allow the images in some context.[/quote]

The DMCA is from an attorney representing his campaign.

[OmniConsUme]

I got Ninjed... Apparently this has happened before, with other politicians lawyers.

[Big D Duchovny]

Of course Bernie Sanders isn't personally filing DMCA claims, and I doubt he ordered it either. It'll probably get cleared up fast if he feels any backlash.

ArsTechnica is a pretty reliable source.

[JohnFisher89]

[QUOTE=OmniConsUme;49538978]
It feels like something is off... I don't Think Bernie himself would do that. It feels like overzealous Lawyer doing this.[/QUOTE]

Most lawyers are

[MatheusMCardoso]

This is not being over zealous, this is being retarded and completely out of touch with reality.

[Map in a box]

doesn't his fall under fair use law
bernie should hire new lawyers

[Coment]

Seems like it's already been (sort of) cleared up:

[QUOTE]Conclusion: The campaign has contacted the WMF and formally withdrawn the DMCA. I will be undeleting the images immediately after I save this message and notifying the 3 users who I sent notices too on their talk page. I have already notified odder and we are asking for a written version of the withdrawal (it was done initially over the phone) so that we have it formally for odder and for posting. Jalexander--WMF 23:46, 15 January 2016 (UTC)[/QUOTE]

[OmniConsUme]

yep it was the lawyers.

[Boaraes]

There's nothing fishy about this at all.