Despite the fact that this Youtube reviewer has a serious issue with a lack of humility, this type of censorship does seem to disproportionately fall on the little guy. If IGN does a bad review of this game, Garry's Incident, and the developer sent a DMCA takedown request, IGN has the resources to tell the developer to take a Fair Use hike. Since they host their own content and provide their own bandwidth, one else can take down their review for them.
The little guy is using someone else's hosting and bandwidth and does not have the same bargaining power. Nonetheless he is not powerless, as we have seen. What do you see when you Google "Day One : Garry's Incident"? Story after story of the censorship act. The video was restored within a day of his rant. This illustration of the Streisand Effect demonstrates why attempted censorship in the Internet era is often counterproductive, the message becomes magnified by the action taken. In a counterintuitive way, the act of censoring the review can act almost as a tacit acknowledgement of the game's flaws.
I wonder if there was any increase in sales as a result of the removal of the negative publicity, and whether there has been any decrease (or increase) since the news broke about the censorship.
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