Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
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Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
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Re: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
#2I wish I could care about this, but the 'doxx' and lulz and generally childish writing make me assume this is another case of internet entitlement issues.
Re: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
#3Regardless of the truth of this woman's specific claims... This seems like the point at which youtube has to make decisions about who their automated takedown system actually serves.
Reddit's CEO refers to Reddit as akin to a city-state and himself as mayor. Youtube has essentially the same problems in governance. They have to juggle a host of competing interests ranging from free speech rights, to copyright infringement, to the right to privacy. It has constituents large and small, individual users on up to multimillion dollar companies. Their constituents are not aligned on a host of issues, and this is clearly one of them.
So we know whose side the federal government is on, the question is, whose side is Youtube on?
Re: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
#4I wish I could care about this, but the 'doxx' and lulz and generally childish writing make me assume this is another case of internet entitlement issues.
Regardless of your personal feelings for this woman, do you agree that this is an exploit that youtube exposes where attackers may be able to get personal information about a youtube account holder?
Re: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
#5Transfer the ownership to EFF and put their info on the form?
Re: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
#6Interesting technique, and I see how the behaviour of the opponents can be annoying. But the lawsuit threat is ridiculous. Is youtube required to provide free anonymous video hosting to this person? Perhaps she should ask for her money back instead.
Re: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
#7Perhaps they should refer to 17 USC § 512 (f). She can sue for misrepresentation. Frankly, I'm surprised that nobody has! I'm sure if she wanted she could extract a lot of money. It would sure stop frivilous takedown requests, too!
Re: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
#8The posting implies that the RL information required to make a counterclaim will be supplied to the party making the complaint.
Is this indeed how YouTube's process works? If so, it certainly would seem to be problematic. A proxy, such as a shell company, or simply a friend, would seem to be plausible alternatives.
Re: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
#9That is not how the DMCA works. All she has to do to file a counter claim is submit contact information of someone authorized to act on behalf of the works submitted, be that an attorney, friend or other business agent (the only requirement is a US address). Do you think Britney Spears puts her personal phone number on RIAA take down requests? The RIAA doesn't even own the copyrights they get taken down themselves, they're acting on behalf of the copyright owner.
Also, if you're a site owner or content owner, you need to go right now to http://copyright.gov/onlinesp/ and register as a designated agent for content and notifications. Get ahead of this before it becomes a problem. It's $35.
Re: Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes
#10Perhaps they should refer to 17 USC § 512 (f). She can sue for misrepresentation. Frankly, I'm surprised that nobody has! I'm sure if she wanted she could extract a lot of money. It would sure stop frivilous takedown requests, too!
The EFF famously sued a DMCA troll, it was quite dramatic. https://www.eff.org/cases/diehl-v-crook