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There's an "on penalty of perjury" clause in the law (if memory serves, it's part of a clause which must be present for a takedown notice to be valid). In pract
by philpem 8y ago
There's an "on penalty of perjury" clause in the law (if memory serves, it's part of a clause which must be present for a takedown notice to be valid). In practice, David often can't afford to sue Goliath.
I don't think I've heard of a single civil or criminal case under the DMCA's false notice provisions. It's effectively hot air.
- markx2 8y agohttps://www.theverge.com/2015/3/9/8175491/wordpress-automattic-wins-dmca-takedown-straight-pride-uk-case https://www.theverge.com/2015/3/9/8175491/wordpress-automatt...
- morganvachon 8y agoEven if David could afford to sue Goliath, and even if he won, Goliath would just lobby for small changes to the law to further strip rights away from all the falsely accused Davids. I'm not saying the little guy shouldn't sue; people should stand up for themselves whenever they are accused of wrongdoing, and especially when they know for a fact they are innocent. The problem is, even when suing and winning sets a precedent, the big players just move the goalposts again. There's never going to be an easy solution that satisfies both content creators and content consumers short of massive copyright reform and hard criminal instead of soft civil penalties for making bogus DMCA claims.
- kevin_thibedeau 8y agoYou don't need DMCA provisions to sue for libel.
- philpem 8y agoBut you do need deep pockets.
- belorn 8y agoIf the DMCA allowed the accused to sue then I would assume EFF would do it.
- sokoloff 8y agoAnd I further suspect that the EFF would have or would be able to muster the resources to do so in a case like this.
- amyjess 8y agoWorse, perjury is a criminal offense, not a civil one. You can't sue for perjury; you have to convince a prosecutor to press charges.