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 Once again, we find an overwhelmingly blatant illustration of how and why the DMCA is a bad law. "Creation Science Evangelism", a right-wing fundamentalist christian group led by convicted felon and tax-evader Kent Hovind, has manipulated a loophole in the DMCA, forcing Youtube to remove videos that are in the public domain. Why? Simply because the CSE does not like what their detractors have to say. The way the DMCA is structured, companies like Youtube are required by U.S. Law to remove content immediately, without the necessity for review. This places the (rather expensive to fight) legal burden on the alleged infringor of the DMCA , in this case The Rational Response Squad. Their account was terminated as a response to rebuttal of Kent Hovind's insanity .
the video below is not recommended for younger audiences
Without fail, the video we embedded was taken down after a certain time. It was also for the same for the same falsified reason. The whole community is getting very upset with this. Hopefully people will write their congressmen in order to solicit some change in this law that is being used for censorship and other illigitimate reasons. Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites           
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