[HN Gopher] How Bungie identified a mass sender of fake DMCA not... ___________________________________________________________________ How Bungie identified a mass sender of fake DMCA notices Author : perihelions Score : 53 points Date : 2022-06-24 21:44 UTC (1 hours ago) (HTM) web link (torrentfreak.com) (TXT) w3m dump (torrentfreak.com) | silisili wrote: | Can anyone explain the below? Did he DMCA strike himself, and | then get angry about it? Or am I reading something wrong... | | > The clickable emblem link was sent to PerfectNazo1@gmail.com | and during the chaos of fake notice campaign, a YouTuber called | 'Lord Nazo' was hit with fraudulent DMCA notice, sent by the | Wiland Google account. | | > Apparently angered by this injustice, Lord Nazo fired a DMCA | counternotice back at YouTube in which he criticized the wave of | fake notices and claimed his video was not infringing since it | was a "transformative case of fair use." | AceJohnny2 wrote: | He got legitimately DMCA stricken, then he manufactured a | campaign of illegitimate DMCA strikes and hoped he could get | his own strike overturned as part of the reversal of | illegitimate strikes. | testplzignore wrote: | This bit explains it: | | > My channel even got terminated because of all these fake | takedowns. Is there anything you can do about this? | | His bright idea was to get his account unbanned by hoping | Bungie would think it was part of the fake notices. | dylan604 wrote: | Gotta love stupid criminals. "Nope, nobody will ever figure out | my anonymity shield of multiple GMail accounts" | | I'd really hope this might shed a light on YouTube's ludicrous | policies, but no, it will not do anything towards that. | danuker wrote: | > Google initially refused to comply but after some work, Bungie | started getting the information it was looking for earlier this | month. | | Yet another example of justice for me, but not for thee. | | A smaller content creator might not have even overturned a false | DMCA claim, let alone get information about the copyright troll | submitting it. | prox wrote: | I know this forum is about curious conversation, but in this | case, fuck Google and the system it uses. It's overreaching and | again the classic "you don't talk to humans Google, unless you | are a rich or famous company/person." | kevinh wrote: | The system YouTube uses backs up onto the DMCA. If you submit | a copyright counter notice, the claimant needs to engage in | legal action within a certain amount of time or YT will | reinstate the video. | | https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/2807684 | sorokod wrote: | So like swatting with Google in the role of incompetent and | heavily armed police? ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-06-24 23:00 UTC)