Several Vimeo members whose videos had “pixels” in the title are victims of the latest overly broad DMCA takedown request by Entura International, working on behalf of Sony’s summer schlockbuster Pixels.
TorrentFreak lists a motley crew of victims, including several indie filmmakers and an NGO. And they even managed to gobble up their own client’s Vimeo content, like some sort of indiscriminate evil alien Pac-Man or something:
Last, but certainly not least, Entura rounded off this disaster by taking down the official Pixels movie trailer, even though their very own notice lists their errors clearly.
• Anti-piracy group hits indie creators for using the word “pixels” (TorrentFreak)