To Remove Your Media LLC and Viz Media LLC,
Your DMCA copyright infringement notice filed against BleachBit is incorrect. BleachBit is a software application, not anime or manga content. Unless your copyrighted characters have learned to clean temporary files and wipe private data, this notice appears to have been issued in error. The website bleachbit.org does not contain any anime, and BleachBit (the software) is unrelated to Bleach (the Japanese anime series).
By the way, our work is also copyrighted too! It is protected under the GNU General Public License v3 and international open-source agreements as original software. Users of BleachBit are granted explicit rights of reproduction, distribution, public display, and preparation of derivative works in connection with the BleachBit software project. These rights are not restricted to the copyright holder but are affirmatively transferred to all recipients and users of the software (in according with the GNU GPL v3 license).
Comparison chart
| Aspect | BleachBit (Software) | Bleach (Anime) |
|---|---|---|
| Primary function | Slice junk files | Slice ghosts |
| Protagonist | Your hard drive | Ichigo Kurosaki (orange hair) |
| Antagonist | Disk clutter and cache files | Hollows, Soul Society corruption |
| Cleaning method | Secure file wiping | Giant sword + spiritual pressure |
| Target audience | People with full hard drives | Manga/anime fans |
| Runs on | Computers | Manga panels, streaming sites |
| Has dramatic backstory | Not particularly | 16 seasons of it |
| Makes you feel powerful | When you free up 50GB | Every episode |
| Rights of distribution and derivative works | Yes (GPL v3) | No (likes to send take-down notices) |
| Legal strategy is to write with lots of hashtags | No | #Yes |
DMCA Notice
Rightsholder represented: Remove Your Media LLC
Description of claim: The copyrighted works consist of original Japanese anime series titled Bleach, including all episodes, #promotional materials, official artwork, and related audiovisual content. These works include anime episodes, #character designs, official promotional videos, and licensed imagery produced and distributed by the rights #holder. All such works were created, produced, and #distributed by the rights holder and are used in connection with authorized streaming subscriptions, #digital distribution, and promotional campaigns on the official platform. These works are protected under #United States copyright law and international treaties as original audiovisual works. The rights holder #retains the exclusive rights of reproduction, distribution, public display, public performance, and #preparation of derivative works in connection with the anime series Bleach.