Article 1EPJF Revealed: How copyright law is being misused to remove material from the internet

Revealed: How copyright law is being misused to remove material from the internet

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Alex Hern
from Technology | The Guardian on (#1EPJF)
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When Annabelle Narey posted a negative review of a building firm on Mumsnet, the last thing on her mind was copyright infringement

Writing a bad review online has always run a small risk of opening yourself up to a defamation claim. But few would expect to be told that they had to delete their review or face a lawsuit over another part of the law: copyright infringement.

Yet that's what happened to Annabelle Narey after she posted a negative review of a building firm on Mumsnet.

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