Re:Twitter locks WikiLeaks account days before Assange's ext...
by FireBeyond on Monday February 17, 2020 @06:36PM
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> 4. If you lied on your counterclaim, your now also guilty of perjury
In theory, yes. In reality, no. "I was not aware to the best of my knowledge..." because the DMCA claimant never vetted things, they just employed a bot to spam claims all over the internet.
It wasn't a "knowing" lie. So it's effectively without consequence or fall back.
Hint: how many people have been charged with, let alone convicted of perjury in the history of the DMCA?
Answer: None. Even in the small small small minority of counterclaims that have ended up in court, with the most egregious lack of standing, the worst that has happened is (and even this only in a single digit number of times) awarding of costs.
Those are pretty good odds if you're a content creator (or copyright troll).
In theory, yes. In reality, no. "I was not aware to the best of my knowledge..." because the DMCA claimant never vetted things, they just employed a bot to spam claims all over the internet.
It wasn't a "knowing" lie. So it's effectively without consequence or fall back.
Hint: how many people have been charged with, let alone convicted of perjury in the history of the DMCA?
Answer: None. Even in the small small small minority of counterclaims that have ended up in court, with the most egregious lack of standing, the worst that has happened is (and even this only in a single digit number of times) awarding of costs.
Those are pretty good odds if you're a content creator (or copyright troll).