Bad Faith DMCA => $25,000 Judgement

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#1

An anti-gay activist was just fined $25,084 for filing a DMCA takedown request on content he didn’t own…

http://www.webmasterworld.com/content_copywriting/4741774.htm
http://www.dailydot.com/politics/straight-pride-uk-dmca-claim-sued-wordpress/

So make sure you own the content before you file the request.

And a big kudos to Automatic (the company behind Wordpress.com, Akismet, etc.) for doing the legwork to establish the precedent.

#2

Re: Bad Faith DMCA => $25,000 Judgement

This brings a warm glow to my heart. If they had received thousands of dollars in attorney’s fees, I would probably even shed a few tears of joy