Transparency Report

[...] for all you lawyers stuck in the last century. The animated GIF used above I believe to be fair use of a scene from the Fox Broadcasting Network series Bob’s Burgers. If Fox disagrees, well, they [...]

[...] this logo to promote bicycling in their lovely state: We rejected the claim on the grounds of fair use. [...]

[...] took: Because the photograph supports her criticism, we rejected the claim on the grounds of fair use. [...]

[...] .com bloggers to the President of the United States – who voiced their support for the open internet for the past several months. At Automattic, we’re proud to have participated in this historic [...]

[...] on the internet, in the courts, and in Congress, to defend our users and promote a free and open internet. So stay tuned to the “News” tab of the report! A few highlights of our report: [...]

[...] important. In keeping with these principles, we’re pleased to release our first transparency report. This initial report summarizes the number of government information requests, takedown [...]

[...] , policy to have humans carefully review all trademark complaints, and recently expanded transparency report. They also gave shout-outs to great work done by our peers, such as Etsy’s fantastic  [...]

[...] we received because they were incomplete. We receive and respond to fewer claims of trademark infringement on WordPress.com. In this six month reporting period, we received 122 reports and removed [...]

[...] on WordPress.com with Janet Jackson. Recently, we received another such claim of trademark infringement, this time regarding the WordPress.com site portacabincabins.wordpress.com. In the claim, [...]

[...] . Here are a couple of examples of the improper takedown demands we’ve received: Trademark infringement: The mention of Janet Jackson in a post about dinner conversation topic “What [...]

[...] Janet Jackson is a fine recording artist, but seems to have employed some overly aggressive lawyers, bent on [...]

[...] form they may take. This is something we have seen happen previously on WordPress.com with Janet Jackson. Recently, we received another such claim of trademark infringement, this time regarding the [...]

[...] report summarizes the number of government information requests, takedown demands, and national security requests that we received during the second half of 2013. In addition to giving our users full [...]

[...] in the form of a subpoena. Information Requests Takedown Demands We received no National Security Requests during the first half of 2014, and remain unsatisfied with the level of detail [...]

[...] and removed content in response to only 15%. Looking at trends in our data for government information requests and takedown demands: we saw increased volume across the board. We saw a 194% [...]

[...] release our first transparency report. This initial report summarizes the number of government information requests, takedown demands, and national security requests that we received during the second [...]

[...] to censor critical speech, several different individuals (supposedly) submitted five DMCA notices against a single blog post that touched on these accusations. After we rejected the [...]

[...] resist every day. Our new intellectual property report includes data on both copyright and trademark complaints against our users. Copyright complaints are the most common. We carefully review the [...]

[...] in response to abusive takedown requests, policy to have humans carefully review all trademark complaints, and recently expanded transparency report. They also gave shout-outs to great work done [...]

[...] ;ve got your back. Takedown Demands. Just as importantly, our transparency report includes takedown requests we received from governments around the world. Governments sometimes seek to remove [...]