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Re:For First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works W... by bencollier49 on Thursday December 20, 2018 @04:48AM (#18723615)
But then if the takedowns were incorrect, the people sending them would have proper liability.
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Re:For First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works W... by kilotaras on Thursday December 20, 2018 @06:19AM (#18723980)
AFAIK the only DMCA penalty is if you aren't authorized to represent copyright owner, not if your claim isn't valid.
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Re:For First Time in More Than 20 Years, Copyrighted Works W... by pbhjpbhj on Thursday December 20, 2018 @07:34AM (#18724360)
Well naturally showing (rather than necessarily legally sound) it would be fraud and/or libel.

But I understand the USA legal system doesn't automatically award costs to an injured party, so in practice noone cab afford to challenge any large media corp.

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