

Seemingly incompetent contractors lead to bizarre DMCA notices on Microsoft's behalf




But in Microsoft's case the abuse appears to be accidental.




[Image Source: Microsoft]




DMCA cat



Sources: Google [Transparency Report], Chilling Effects

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RE: Fines?
By Solandri on 10/8/2012 5:08:21 PM , Rating: 4
An idea I had was that when filing a DMCA notice you must post a bond sufficient to compensate the owner of the site/media being taken down for lost ad revenue and business for x weeks. If the takedown is not contested or a court decides in your favor, you get the bond back. If the takedown is determined to be wrong, the (now determined to be) victim gets the bond as compensation for the injury you wrongly caused him/her.

RE: Fines?
By Digimonkey on 10/8/2012 6:58:59 PM , Rating: 3
What about the smaller IP holders going up against bigger websites though? If they couldn't afford the bond they couldn't protect their IP.

RE: Fines?
By Xerstead on 10/8/2012 7:24:42 PM , Rating: 2
Indeed, there needs to be something to limit and deter false claims without restricting justice to the rich.
For example; There are many amature photographers who have had images 'stolen' for commercial use. If a bond were required I couldn't afford to cover (tens of)thousands of £/$ to protect one of my images being used.

RE: Fines?
By zebrax2 on 10/8/2012 7:37:37 PM , Rating: 3
How about a fix processing fee per request say 1$. That would probably trim down the request considerably.

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