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A comment on GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker nyaa.si. Parent comment

Re:GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker... by bluGill on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:02PM (#25838103)
The courts have a different standard though, and so it is much easier to get them to see. DMCA also is submitted under penalty of perjury, so if there is no infringement, then the courts can take criminal action against the accuser.

I'm not clear on exactly what is being claimed so I don't know how real it is in this case.

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Re:GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent tracker... by dragonwriter on Tuesday January 19, 2021 @03:06PM (#25838164)
> DMCA also is submitted under penalty of perjury

No, it's not, except for the claim to copyright ownership of the allegedly infringed work. Particularly, the claim of infringement is not made under penalty of perjury (which makes some sense, as it is a legal and not a factual claim, but you don't have to allege the factual basis for the claim of infringement under penalty of perjury, either.)

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