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California Police Turned on Music to Allegedly Trigger Instagram’s DCMA to Avoid Being Live-Streamed
A police officer in Beverly Hills played copyrighted music on his phone when realizing that his interactions were being recorded on a livestream, allegedly hoping the Instagram's automated copyright detection system to end or mute the stream.
- Date it happened
- 2021-02-05
- Organisation involved
- Product, system or model
- Any video that contains music, even if it's playing in the background, is potentially subject to removal by Instagram. If the copyright algorithm detects music that violates Instagram's music guidelin
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