Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video
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GamersNexus, a pro consumer tech publication had their YouTube video taken down by Bloomberg as they claimed a DMCA violation on a fair use snippet from their coverage of Donald Trump's speech.
Background
On August 18, 2025 GamersNexus uploaded their documentary on GPU smuggling to China for AI training purposes.[1]
Bloomberg DMCA strikes GamersNexus video
On August 20, 2025, Bloomberg filed a DMCA takedown on GamersNexus' three and a half hour GPU smuggling documentary as they used a small credited snippet of current US President Donald Trump's speech.[2] The video has since been reuploaded to the Internet Archive.[3]
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References
- ↑ "TIMELINE: GPU Export Controls, NVIDIA GPU Bans, & AI GPU Black Market". GamersNexus. 2025-08-18. Archived from the original on 2025-08-20. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
- ↑ u/Jaded-Explanation-96 (2025-08-21). "So, the big story got taken down". Reddit. Archived from the original on 21 Aug 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ↑ nixass (2025-08-22). "Bloomberg DMCA strikes gamersnexus smuggling documentary". YCombinator. Archived from the original on 6 Oct 2025. Retrieved 2025-08-23.
It's available on the Internet Archive - https://archive.org/details/the-nvidia-ai-gpu-black-market-investigating-smuggling-corruption-governments
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