[HN Gopher] Did I receive fraudulent DMCA takedowns? ___________________________________________________________________ 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: | | 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... | | 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. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2023-06-21 23:00 UTC)