• millie ( millie@beehaw.org ) 
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    2 years ago

    I mean, there is. DMCA essentially protects content hosts from copyright claims. When they get a DMCA notice, they remove the material and inform the user whose material is removed. If they want to contest it, they can submit a counter notice denying the claim and basically saying “take me to court then”, with their contact info so a suit can be filed. At this point, if nothing is filed in a two week period, the host is free to consider the initial takedown notice void.

    Sending a takedown notice under DMCA that’s knowingly false is perjury, which would presumably come up at the court hearing.