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Why not? There are hefty penalties for abuse of process. If the copyrights of a /b/ denizen are indeed being infringed, then they should have just as much rec
by wnoise 16y ago
Why not? There are hefty penalties for abuse of process. If the copyrights of a /b/ denizen are indeed being infringed, then they should have just as much recourse to defend them.
- steveklabnik 16y agoNo, I mean like "Instead of pizzas, let's send this guy over 9000 DMCA takedown requests."
- RickHull 16y agoHence the aforementioned hefty penalties for abuse of process.
- steveklabnik 16y agoThere are also penalties for most other things /b/ does, but that doesn't stop them... they _are_ DDOS-ing a government office right now, after all.
- RickHull 16y agoMy guess is, they will verify the identification information on the application before sending a volley of requests at a single target.
- cperciva 16y agoHence the comment about penalties for abuse of process. You can't send a DMCA takedown notice anonymously, and I suspect most people on /b/ won't want to sign their name to something which could land them in court.
- tbrownaw 16y ago> You can't send a DMCA takedown notice anonymously Depends on your definition of "anonymous"; I don't imagine most potential recipients would require you to get the form notarized when you sign it (especially if they accept notices by email). Sure it's be hugely illegal, but /b/ seems to have people who don't particularly care about that...
- steveklabnik 16y agoI was half joking in the first place, but I wouldn't put it past them to try to spoof them anyway.
- count 16y agoIs it illegal to send a false DMCA if you aren't an American citizen (and aren't living in the US)? I'm not sure what's involved, so maybe that's not possible, but still...
- pbhjpbhj 16y ago>Is it illegal to send a false DMCA if you aren't an American citizen (and aren't living in the US)? IANACopyrightL but I suspect that it's fine as long as you don't send it to the US! If you send it to the US then you've caused an illegal action in that jurisdiction and would be liable. You're probably not going to be extradited though (unless you're in the UK [kinda joking]). So, maybe if the recipient's mail server is outside the USA then you'd be fine.