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Sony VP Files Bogus DMCA Notice Because His Salary Is Listed on Wikileaks
- rblatz 10y agoUntil we start holding people accountable for filing false DMCA notices we will continue to see massive abuse of DMCA Takedown requests.
- hasteur 10y agoknowingly filing a false DMCA notice is perjury, and because the filer is a lawyer, the state bar can take care of his misconduct.
- dragonwriter 10y ago> knowingly filing a false DMCA notice is perjury Not entirely true; one of the things that has been frequently criticized about the DMCA notice process is that the only part of the DMCA "takedown" notice that is under penalty of perjury is the statement "that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed." None of the rest of the material in the notice, notably including the identification of the allegedly infringing material or the statement of "good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law" is under penalty of perjury. See 17 U.S.C. Sec. 512(c)(3)(A)
- worg 10y agoI seriously hope those requests are reviewed by humans, so the person reviewing it could've got a good laugh.
- scoot 10y agoBlogspam. This appears to be the original source: https://torrentfreak.com/sony-tries-censor-wikileaks-160709 https://torrentfreak.com/sony-tries-censor-wikileaks-160709
- marak830 10y agoTechdirts fairly well known for tracking stories such as this.
- hasteur 10y agoFound the State Bar of California website, found Yankelvits' membership profile (http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/155676 http://members.calbar.ca.gov/fal/Member/Detail/155676 who the hell uses a Yahoo email account any more), sent off a contact us form asking the bar to open an investigation into the member so that they can see if other fradulent DMCA notices have gone out.
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