Video footage from the end of AEW Revolution removed Submitted by Aaron T-Bar Rift on 03/08/2021 at 10:53 AM
While AEW has typically been lenient when it comes to fans posting GIFs and video clips on Twitter, tweets containing video footage of the explosion "duds" from the end of AEW Revolution were pulled due to copyright claims. An e-mail notice was sent:
DMCA Takedown Notice
== Copyright owner: All Elite Wrestling LLC
== Company: Stream Enforcement LLC
== Job title: Authorized to enforce copyrights on behalf of content owner
— Alastair McKenzie🏴 (@mckenzieas93V2) March 8, 2021
Looks like AEW is on a vengeance here with copyright strikes for ANYONE posting that “exploding ring” on social media. It is their right, but AEW was never this aggressive on copyright challenges before. They wanna cover this disaster up! 😂😂😂
— Mr. Tito - Pro Wrestling Writer - WWE, AEW, etc. (@titowrestling) March 8, 2021
Looks like AEW dropped some DMCA bombs on Italo Santana. It's too late guys, we already saw the sparklers. pic.twitter.com/TkaouDlT2C
— Meltzer Said What? (@MeltzerSaidWhat) March 8, 2021
I thought they were all good with gifs. Just deleted all the main event gifs, just in case. 😕 https://t.co/gCWuUCgMxx
I typically lean on the side of bias optimism toward AEW, but if they’re going to copyright tweets that aren’t praising their show, that will have to change. Muzzling your audience because they don’t praise your content isn’t right.