Twitter removes video Eric Trump posted over copyright complaint – By Chris Mills Rodrigo (The Hill) / Aug 27 2020
Twitter has removed a video posted by Eric Trump on Wednesday night for a copyright violation.
The video in question featured the faces of President Trump and his allies superimposed over Roy Williams and University of North Carolina basketball players.
“Per our copyright policy, we respond to valid copyright complaints sent to us by a copyright owner or their authorized representatives,” a Twitter spokesperson told The Hill on Thursday.
Under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, social media platforms can be held liable if they do not remove infringing content.
According to Harvard’s Lumen database, which keeps track of and analyzes DMCA notices, the University of North Carolina Athletics filed a complaint over the video earlier Thursday.
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