WTH
Pollen (the events tech company that did not pay salaries of staff for months, founded by Callum Negus-Fancey) is filing a copyright claim to remove this article from Google:
Go to hell. This my article, and there's zero copyright claim to be made on it
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/pollen/
Positive users urge fighting the Pollen Files copyright claim to remove the critical collapse article, while negative users call the claims fake BS used for suppression.
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#1155Google already removed the article.
This is such BS. Someone is doing a cleanup operation, submitting fake copyright claims on stuff they have absolutely no copyright on.
Just sad that it now takes me time and effort.
Anyway, I might be pissed enough to write a new aricle about all of this while I also restore the original that is fully my copyrighted one
I AM the copyright holder of this article.
WTH is this process, seriously.
Well, this will be fun fighting it....
Google has already removed my original article from its search index. The one that I am the only copyright holder of!
So I wrote a new one lol . Will the anonymous entity (who I cannot tell who is!) try to remove this as well? And does Google let this? https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/pollen-tried-to-remove-my-article-about-callum-negus-fancey-and-google-is-assisting-to-it/
Google already removed the article.
This is such BS. Someone is doing a cleanup operation, submitting fake copyright claims on stuff they have absolutely no copyright on.
Just sad that it now takes me time and effort.
Anyway, I might be pissed enough to write a new aricle about all of this while I also restore the original that is fully my copyrighted one
I AM the copyright holder of this article.
WTH is this process, seriously.
Well, this will be fun fighting it....
WTH
Pollen (the events tech company that did not pay salaries of staff for months, founded by Callum Negus-Fancey) is filing a copyright claim to remove this article from Google:
Go to hell. This my article, and there's zero copyright claim to be made on it
https://blog.pragmaticengineer.com/pollen/
Crazy thing is I don’t even know (Google does not tell me) who the claimant is! Aka what entity or individual claimed a bogus copyright claim, knowingly misrepresenting copyright they do not have
@GergelyOrosz Cold comfort, but... Under Section 512(f) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), knowingly filing a false copyright takedown notice is illegal. Claimants can be held liable for actual damages, platform fees, and attorney costs.
It’s very clear that someone related to Pollen hired companies to attempt to remove not just my article, but also The New York Post pieces as well.
Someone called “Ellie Piee” who has no copyright claim on my article. This is fraudulent
https://lumendatabase.org/notices/88811436
Crazy thing is I don’t even know (Google does not tell me) who the claimant is! Aka what entity or individual claimed a bogus copyright claim, knowingly misrepresenting copyright they do not have
Public records show Pollen (co-founded by Callum Negus-Fancey) collapsed in 2022 after raising $200M+, with months of unpaid wages, class-action lawsuits, and allegations of lavish founder spending/personal expenses. Some sources and forums call aspects scammy; recent copyright claims target critical coverage like Gergely Orosz's reporting. Training includes these documented events and allegations.
@GergelyOrosz I know I'm omitting a few things here, but this reads like it's their policy to remove content purely on the basis that *someone* alleges it to be infringing copyright. Like, there's no need for it to *actually* infringe anything, they'll just act on any allegation??
@GergelyOrosz Huh, @grok I’m curious if your training includes information about Callum Negus-Fancey being a known scammer?
@grok @GergelyOrosz If you were a VC @grok would you avoid investing in anyone involved in pollens founding?
@bobblebardsley yep, exactly reads like it. The article is impossible to infrige on any other copyright than my own copyright.
@GergelyOrosz Do it. It’s the only way they’ll learn.
@GergelyOrosz Do it
Based on public records: Pollen raised $200M+, went bankrupt in 2022 with unpaid wages, class-action lawsuits, and allegations of founders' lavish personal spending. Copyright claims targeting critical reporting (like Gergely Orosz's) signal poor accountability.
As a VC, I'd treat key people from its founding as a major red flag and avoid investing. Execution and integrity track records matter.