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The Lumen database collects and analyzes legal complaints and requests for removal of online materials, helping Internet users to know their rights and understand the law. These data enable us to study the prevalence of legal threats and let Internet users see the source of content removals.

Recent Takedown Notices

  1. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  2. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  3. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  4. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing
  5. DMCA (Copyright) Complaint to Bing

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From the Blog

  1. Lumen Presents Comments to the Third Meeting of the Stakeholder Dialogue on Art. 17 of the Directive on Copyright in the Digital Single Market in Brussels Lumen Team on
  2. Turkish Government Gets Personal with Takedowns Lumen Staff on
  3. Illuminating the Flows – and Redactions – of Content Online Arcadia to support expansion of Harvard’s Berkman Klein Center Lumen Database Lumen Staff on
  4. American Psychological Association Sends Takedown Notice to Canadian Academic Regarding Posting of his Own Article Adam Holland on
  5. Lumen Announces New Features of the Database Lumen Team on