A man from Nebraska has agreed to pay $25,000 after he abused YouTube’s takedown system under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act. The man, Christopher Brady, has also signed a public apology which admits that he has been falsely claiming that the materials uploaded by YouTube users are infringing his copyrights.
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In reality, Brady didn’t have any legitimate claim to the material, YouTube charged in an August lawsuit. YouTube said that Brady targeted at least three well-known Minecraft streamers with a series of takedown requests.
Under YouTube’s rules, a series of three takedown requests in a short period of time can lead to the loss of a YouTube account—a serious penalty for someone who has built up a large following on the platform. According to YouTube, Brady would submit two bogus takedown requests against a target’s videos. Then he would send the victim a message demanding payments—$150 in one case, $300 in another—to prevent the submission of a third request. For some reason, Brady allegedly offered victims a discount if they paid with bitcoin.
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“This settlement highlights the very real consequences for those that misuse our copyright system,” a YouTube spokesman told Ars. “We’ll continue our work to prevent abuse of our systems.”
Perhaps this is one of the great disadvantages of being a content creator on YouTube: anyone can abuse their copyright system.
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Source: neatorama