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Bungie files lawsuit over “fraudulent” DMCA takedowns of Destiny videosCompare sender to “serial killer in a bad novel”
Compare sender to “serial killer in a bad novel”
Now Bungie have filed a lawsuit in Washington against ten John Does, hoping to make an example of those who filed the “fraudulent” takedown notices.
The lawsuit, which can beread in full via TorrentFreak, argues that the takedown notices “caused Bungie significant reputational and economic damage.” It also explicitly criticises YouTube’s response to the DMCA notices.
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Bungie are requesting a jury trial and seek “damages in an amount to be proven at trial.” Without identifying the persons who sent the DMCAs, that obviously can’t happen, but Bungie are sending a clear signal that they take these false DMCAs seriously.
