Hoaxed US Chamber thumps pranksters with blunt instrument

Can you DMCA a parody that looks like the real thing? With this week’s lesson in the vagaries of copyright law, we seek to answer the following question: If someone uses your copyrighted material to build a website that fools a Reuters reporter into thinking you’ve suddenly changed your mind, are you legally empowered to destroy their clever online hoax with a DMCA takedown notice?…

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