Thievery Corporations: Don Henley on How Giant Online Platforms Rip Off Creators — And How Congress Can Help
Eagles have twice postponed their Hotel California tour during the coronavirus pandemic, most recently until October 2021. But on June 2, Don Henley -- the band’s co-founder, drummer, and singer -- delivered a special live-via-video performance for a particularly important audience: The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Intellectual Property.The occasion was the third in a series of hearings about the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which gives online platforms that feature user-uploaded content, such as YouTube, a ‘safe harbor’ from liability for copyright infringement, as long as they respond promptly to takedown notices.