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Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by redwall_hp on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:28PM (#23075744)
Have we ever seen a media company prosecuted for perjury, despite copious evidence that they constantly misuse DMCA takedowns to do exactly that?
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by nullc on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:51PM (#23075906)
I received bogus DMCA complaints (over Big Buck Bunny, lol, multiple times), and Google stonewalled me when I tried to find out the identity of the complainant so that I could litigate against them.

I expect situations like that contribute to the lack of response, along with the fact that providers often ignore DMCA complaints or put things back up without following the statutory takedown period.

Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by tgsovlerkhgsel on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:22AM (#23076463)
DMCA or Google's/YouTube's internal copyright dispute resolution process?
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by nullc on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:36AM (#23076544)
Google's form letter claimed it was a DMCA complaint, but it might have been confused.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by JumpCrisscross on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:30PM (#23076180)
> Google stonewalled me when I tried to find out the identity of the complainant so that I could litigate against them

Playing devil's advocate, that information may have been protected by NDA. In that case, you'd have to sue Google to divulge the complainant.

Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by downerending on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:39PM (#23075826)
Not sure anyone ever gets prosecuted for perjury. It's the norm in divorce cases, for example.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by monocasa on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:56PM (#23075941)
And the amount of times I've seen a cop perjure themselves is unreal.

We know that our former Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper perjured himself before congress with impunity as well. https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/01/19/james-clap...

Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by downerending on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:47AM (#23076614)
Probably shouldn't drip gasoline on this smoldering dumpster fire, but pretty much anyone at a high political level that testifies "I can't remember" is probably committing perjury, yes. Oh well.

https://www.newsweek.com/ken-starr-says-he-almost-charged-hi...

Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by saagarjha on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:46PM (#23075867)
Well there was the contempt of court and all with Bill Clinton…
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by colejohnson66 on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:59PM (#23075963)
Why do people say never? It has happened, albeit extremely rarely: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A...
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by sneak on Monday May 04, 2020 @11:49PM (#23076298)
You seem to be conflating a civil countersuit and a criminal prosecution for the crime of perjury.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by Dylan16807 on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:21AM (#23078395)
Negligence is not against the DMCA rules, and they can always claim they were being negligent, so no.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by sneak on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:38PM (#23075818)
Not once, no.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by monocasa on Monday May 04, 2020 @10:36PM (#23075804)
Nope.