>I believe _this_ is what everyone has been suggesting someone do about fake DMCA for a while so, The problem is the "_this_" in this thread's example is a ful

>I believe _this_ is what everyone has been suggesting someone do about fake DMCA for a while so, The problem is the "_this_" in this thread's example is a full-blown lawsuit by Google. Yes, this is a change from just blindingly obeying DMCA notices but filing lawsuits is not scalable to apply to all the other frivolous and illegitimate takedown requests. These 2 men just did it in high enough volume to attract the attention of Google's lawyers. An example of all the other illegitimate DMCA takedowns "flying under the radar"... A few years ago, I was selling some Total Training DVD tutorials of Adobe products on ebay like these: https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=total+training+adobe+creative https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_nkw=total+training+adobe+cr... Ebay then mysteriously cancelled my listing after a few days. Why? Because Ebay has a VeRO (Verified Rights Owners) program and Total Training sent a DMCA takedown request to remove my legitimate listing. I then sent a harsh email with my invoice to Total Training that proved I bought the DVDs directly from them so they are not counterfeit pirate copies and warned them not to interfere when I re-listed it. They didn't takedown my listing so I was finally able to sell it. Total Training wasn't really trying to stop piracy; their real intention was to prevent lower-priced used DVDs from competing with the sales of their new DVDs by intimidating sellers on ebay. That's the type of small-scale DMCA abuse that happens constantly on Ebay, Youtube, Google search results page, etc. Abuse the DMCA to their advantage but not enough to attract lawsuits.