Rampant DMCA Censorship: Tom Evans Audio, United Healthcare, Itch.io

Copyright's DMCA takedown provision is being abused to censor unfavorable posts, such as when ‪@MendItMark‬ repaired a Tom Evans Audio Mastergroove pre-amp, or when photos and memes are posted about the United Healthcare incident, or when Itch.io's entire domain is taken down instead of the user content it targeted.

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00:00 - Intro - This Week in Abusive DMCAs
00:19 - Mend it Mark - Tom Evans pre-amplifier
03:13 - Mend it Mark - Leonard Thoughts
06:03 - The DMCA - 17 U.S.C. 512
12:59 - United Healthcare DMCA Abuse
24:41 - Itch.io taken down
28:12 - Leonard Thoughts