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I recommend they hire an expensive law firm to process the requests, and a few contractors, then send the bills back to the reporter (one per request). I recon
by gigel82 3y ago
I recommend they hire an expensive law firm to process the requests, and a few contractors, then send the bills back to the reporter (one per request). I recon if more recipients do this it'll become expensive to carpet-bomb and they'll want to do some modicum of review on their side before sending these out.
- wmf 3y agoYou can bill for subpoenas and warrants but I've never heard of billing for DMCA takedowns. It's a cost of doing business.
- hedora 3y agoSkip to the last paragraph: https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/responding-dmca-takedown-notice-targeting-your-content https://www.dmlp.org/legal-guide/responding-dmca-takedown-no... Fraudulent takedown notices and fraudulent responses create liability. There's probably room for a "no-win, no-pay" law firm that bills $500/hour to handle fraudulent DMCA takedown notices. Bonus points to them if they donate half their income to the EFF.
- creer 3y agoThis is interesting. I was not aware of effective counter attacks to abusive DMCA notices. That site lists two very different results from 2004 and 2007 (and that web site is unmaintained and out of date.) There were other attempts, Cox in 2021, California Beach Co., LLC in 2020. And this law firm calls for customers in that area of DMCA abuse: https://www.hinchnewman.com/internet-law-blog/2015/04/legal-copyright-dmca-takedown-notice/ https://www.hinchnewman.com/internet-law-blog/2015/04/legal-... There might be a developing environment in which to monetarily fight that abuse.
- derbOac 3y agoTo be honest, this imho is what the EFF should be doing, hiring laywers to counteract this kind of thing. If they were doing this (or some whatever strategy they decided would be most effective), I'd probably donate more money to them.