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The DMCA protects service providers against copyright violations, not extortion attempts.
by tadfisher 14y ago
The DMCA protects service providers against copyright violations, not extortion attempts.
- tomjen3 14y agoThis may be what the law says, but lets be honest: the DMCA has been used so many times when it is clearly not applicaple, yet nobody has ever been prosecuted for violating it.
- tadfisher 14y agoIf you send a DMCA takedown notice when you know you do not have the rights to the content, you are liable for all legal costs and economic damages incurred by the defense. Diebold was a notable defendant in a false takedown case in 2004, for example [1]. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPG_v._Diebold http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OPG_v._Diebold