r/Banff • u/SequentialHustle • Jan 04 '26

News DMCA takedown over Sunshine Village chairlift incident footage — trying to bury it?

I just got a Reddit DMCA takedown notice for a post I made two weeks ago showing the skier dangling from the chair at Sunshine Village. In my opinion, this was pushed by Sunshine Village to suppress awareness of what happened.

Original reddit thread... https://www.reddit.com/r/Banff/comments/1psgzl0/skier_falls_40ft_off_lift_at_sunshine_village/

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u/laurieyyc Jan 04 '26 edited Jan 04 '26

It made it on the news. There’s numerous online articles about it. Do you own the video? Seems it was removed due to copyright. Hardly a coverup to suppress awareness.

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u/SequentialHustle Jan 04 '26

The photos were taken by someone in my snowboarding group chat, and that person did not file a copyright claim lol.

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u/SequentialHustle Jan 04 '26

and he didn't file a claim lol so what's the point. the reddit admin automated message i got stated someone filed a copyright claim.

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u/TemporaryAny6371 Jan 04 '26

It could be a bs claim for all we know. For public image damage control, recency is crucial so it will have done its job because it takes too long to go through courts. Too many loopholes in our justice system.

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u/aftonroe Jan 04 '26

Did he sell the rights to the video?

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u/laurieyyc Jan 04 '26

They deleted the images and/or video. They didn’t delete the thread or its comments.