Carlos Mencia Uses DMCA to Silence Critics

Yesterday, I was checking Digg.com's video front page and found the following story:



Apparently, the comedien Carlos Mencia was caught stealing jokes by Fear Factor host and comedian Joe Rogan. However, when visiting the video, which was hosted on YouTube, I found the following message:



The all too familiar message says that the shamed comedian has used the DMCA take-down provision to silence his critics. A number of YouTube videos purporting to show this had the same message. Luckily, the good community at Digg were able to point me in the right direction.

This MySpace video (NSFW - language) must be the correct one due to its recent nature (this month). It is shot by a crowd member and only has a few seconds of Mencia's original material. This is clearly a fair use as it is critiquing him and is so small in amount.

This is just another example of the a black and white "solution" (DMCA) for a gray area of the law.

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