![]() Some people, when faced with a copyright notice, will always choose to do the wrong thing and react poorly. Though that information is sent to the host of the infringing content, it is often forwarded on directly to the actual infringer. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted. However, the DMCA makes it easy for targets to harass copyright filers. While situations where false DMCA notices are used to harass legitimate sites get a great deal of press attention, less discussed is the fact that nearly every copyright holder I talk to that has sent a large number of notices has been harassed at least some themselves. While most of the threats are idle legal threats, I’ve personally received several death threats, a few threats to “hack” my computer and on at least two occasions I’ve been the victim of doxxing, or the posting if personal information with the intent to harass. The truth is that copyright infringement notices, no matter how legitimate, can turn ugly. Though more than 99 percent of all of the notices I’ve filed, both for myself and other clients, have gone smoothly and without incident, it’s the handful of cases that haven’t that have worried me. taken down, even if it wasn’t their content. If you’re a copyright owner and you send Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) notices or other copyright infringement notices regularly, you probably know that people sometimes get angry about their sites, videos, etc. ![]()
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