27.03.2015 - 13:04 [ Techdirt ]

Copyright Bots Kill App Over ‚Potentially Infringing‘ Images, Follow This Up By Blocking App For Use Of CC/Public Domain Images

With bots performing all sorts of intellectual property policing these days, fair use considerations are completely off the table. Nuances that can‘t be handled by a bot should theoretically be turned over to a human being in disputed cases. Unfortunately, dispute processes are often handled in an automated fashion, leading to even more problems.