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Interesting. Does this mean that anyone can claim any content from any YouTube content creator? I'm curious why this isn't being done more frequently, but if i

• madeofpalk 4y ago
  Video game developer Bungie's had a blow a few months back where a disgruntled player started 'impersonating' (in quotes - they just created a gmail account) Bungie's IP lawyers to issue fake DCMA takedowns for popular youtubers videos. Bungie is now suing them. I'm surprised they didn't go harder after Youtube, but I guess that's a lot more difficult in court. https://torrentfreak.com/bungie-files-lawsuit-to-punish-senders-of-fake-destiny-dmca-notices-220328/ https://torrentfreak.com/bungie-files-lawsuit-to-punish-send...
  • acomjean 4y ago
    >Does this mean that anyone can claim any content from any YouTube content creator? According to the article "yes", but google working on it. I'm surprised Bungie didn't go after google. They clearly talked to them, but Google's has a lot of money, as opposed to random disgruntled player.
• kevingadd 4y ago
  Yes, anyone can claim your content. The only solutions are to be big and rich enough to throw your legal weight around or to exploit the same broken system to claim your own content (naturally this means paying extra fees to gatekeepers and potentially still splitting revenue with scammers)