[HN Gopher] Did I receive fraudulent DMCA takedowns?
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       Did I receive fraudulent DMCA takedowns?
        
       Author : jstanley
       Score  : 15 points
       Date   : 2023-06-21 22:14 UTC (45 minutes ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (incoherency.co.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (incoherency.co.uk)
        
       | brucethemoose2 wrote:
       | Mmmm... DMCA spam/extortion seems like a industry just waiting to
       | take off.
        
         | d4mi3n wrote:
         | Waiting to take off? It's been alive and well for years.
         | 
         | A few examples:
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         | Bungie suing person responsible for multiple fraudulent Destiny
         | 2 DMCA takedowns, 2022: https://www.vg247.com/bungie-suing-
         | person-responsible-for-fr...
         | 
         | Using Youtube takedowns as extortion, 2017:
         | https://www.techdirt.com/2017/10/25/using-youtube-takedowns-...
         | 
         | Warner Bros' False Takedowns Stifle Free Speech, EFF Tells
         | Court, 2013: https://torrentfreak.com/warner-bros-false-
         | takedowns-stifle-...
        
       | annoyingnoob wrote:
       | https://cyberlaw.stanford.edu/blog/2017/01/using-transparenc...
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       | https://www.dmca.com/FAQ/How-can-I-eliminate-fake-DMCA-Taked...
        
       | Dwedit wrote:
       | When someone sends a DMCA notice, they state that "under penalty
       | of perjury, they are authorized on behalf of the copyright
       | holder". That is the only part that they can get in trouble for.
       | Whether the work is identified correctly or not is irrelevant.
        
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