Court Awards Damages Following Bogus DMCA Takedowns

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What's that you say? You can actually fight back against bogus copyright takedowns and win? That's exactly what happened in this case and the guy was even awarded damages. :eek:

Topdawg Entertainment Inc., Interscope Records and Universal Music Group must pay damages after issuing false DMCA notices which damaged an artist's reputation. Montreal hip hop artist Jonathan Emile teamed up with Kendrick Lamar on a track, but the labels wrongfully took it down from YouTube, iTunes and Soundcloud.
 
Be more careful before you send in that DCMA, MmmmKay?
 
HeavensCloud said:
$15,000. Wow. That will show them.

Also, shame on Kendrick Lamar.
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Sure $15,000 is peanuts, but if they're sending out millions of these things (which they are) they could risk death by a thousand paper cuts.

If nothing else, this case sets a precedence for future litigation.
 
I hope this becomes a trend and eats away at the rampant abuse of the system.
 
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