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YTMP3.nu has sent a cease and desist notice to Google, urging it to prevent DMCA takedown abuse. The YouTube ripper believes its competitors are sending false and fraudulent takedown claims. To curb this abuse, it’s suggested that Google should begin verifying takedown senders. In addition, YTMP3.nu requests a litigation hold in anticipation of future legal action.
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The DMCA takedown process allows copyright holders to report infringing content and have it removed or taken down.
It is a powerful tool that takes millions of URLs and links offline every day. In most cases, this happens for a good reason, but some takedown efforts are questionable.
In recent years there have been numerous examples of clear abuse and impersonations, as revealed through Google’s transparency report. Abuse of the DMCA is prohibited by law and can result in legal action; Bungie’s $7.7 million lawsuit against an alleged fraudster is one example.
Dubious or erroneous takedown notices are not harmless. Many millions of URLs have already been ‘mistakenly’ flagged and in some cases the reported links were actually removed from Google’s search results.
YTMP3.nu is of the sites that sees itself as a victim of bogus takedown notices. The YouTube ripper is frequently targeted by music industry groups such as the BPI and RIAA, who accuse it of violating the DMCA’s anti-circumvention provision. However, it also appears to be targeted by one or more competitors.
The site has spotted several questionable notices that urge Google to remove its URLs, without a proper basis. According to YTMP3.nu, this is the work of rivals who want to remove YTMP3 from search results, in order to improve their own ranking.
This activity has been a growing source of frustration for YTMP3.nu’s operator. To put an end to the abuse, the YouTube ripper asked its lawyer to send a cease and desist and preservation demand to Google.
According to the letter, YTMP3.nu is willing to take legal action against the alleged fraudsters. In addition, it reserves the right to take further steps against Google if its demands are not met within the stated deadline.
“We write to you on behalf of Our Client because it appears that Google has become an unwitting tool used by third-parties to engage in fraudulent and unfair business practices that are causing Our Client significant damages,” the letter starts.
“Our Client is prepared to take immediate legal action against these third parties and, unless Google complies with Our Client’s demands herein, Our Client will consider Google to be acting in concert with these third parties in their fraudulent activities and reserves all rights as against Google.”
The letter puts Google on notice, claiming that its DMCA takedown process is being used for false and fraudulent takedown notices. According to YTMP3.nu, these are sent by competitors instead of legitimate rightsholders.
One of the highlighted takedown requests was sent under the name “Hale Hoola Hamakua”. This person, who apparently resides in Jamaica, lists a track by Damian & Stephen Marley as the copyrighted work, but there’s no evidence that the sender is indeed the rightsholder.
In addition, YTMP3 points out that the reported links don’t identify a specific copyrighted work on the site. Instead, the notice asks Google to delist the site’s homepage.
The second notice highlighted in the letter doesn’t even explain what content is supposedly being infringed. Instead, a company called “DMCA Defense” simply asks Google to remove YTMP3.nu’s front page without a reason.
The YouTube ripper continues by noting that there is no legal basis for these takedown notices, even if they are being sent by legitimate rightsholders.
YTMP3 states that it merely offers a general-purpose downloading tool, that automates a process that can be carried out with any regular web browser. A similar argument was used by Yout.com in its legal dispute with the RIAA, which is currently under appeal.
Google apparently does nothing to verify whether the senders are actually rightsholders, the letter adds, which makes it potentially liable for the abusive activity.
“By knowingly allowing, accepting, and processing fraudulent takedown notices, especially after specific notice, Google is aiding and abetting the fraud of the submitters of the notices and subjecting itself to potential liability,” the letter notes.
To put a halt to the fraudulent activity, YTMP3.nu wants Google to start verifying the identities of DMCA notice senders before it takes action. This includes the sender’s name, email address, and IP address.
On top of that, the YouTube ripper requests an immediate litigation hold for all information related to takedown notices that target YTMP3.nu URLs. That information may be used in follow-up legal proceedings. The letter gives Google 10 days to implement both requested steps.
YTMP3.nu is represented by Boston Law Group attorney Val Gurvits, who is also part of Yout.com’s defense team, which challenges the legitimacy of the RIAA’s claim that YouTube rippers violate the DMCA. The attorney also represented the operator of YouTube rippers FLVto and 2Conv.
A copy of the full cease and desist letter, directed at Google’s Copyright Manager, is available here (pdf).
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Google’s attempt to apply Section 230 immunity in Canada failed.
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A Montreal man spent years trying to hold Google accountable for search results linking to a defamatory post falsely accusing him of pedophilia that he said ruined his career. Now Google must pay $500,000 after a Quebec Supreme Court judge ruled that Google relied on an “erroneous” interpretation of Canadian law in denying the man’s requests to remove the links.
“Google variously ignored the Plaintiff, told him it could do nothing, told him it could remove the hyperlink on the Canadian version of its search engine but not the US one, but then allowed it to re-appear on the Canadian version after a 2011 judgment of the Supreme Court of Canada in an unrelated matter involving the publication of hyperlinks,” judge Azimuddin Hussain wrote in his decision issued on March 28.
Google did not immediately respond to Ars’ request to comment.
Amniotic fluid is mostly just fetal urine—and it’s not FDA-approved for eyes.
Enlarge / An inflamed eye. (credit: Getty | BSIP)
For a sinister Shakespearian brew to conjure spirits, you're going to need to gather a variety of mystical herbs, like the scale of a dragon and the cool blood of a baboon (or maybe a spotted gecko). For eternal life, harvest a dead man's toe and a newt's saliva.
But if dry eye relief is all you seek, then the urine of a human fetus is what you'll need—just don't mention it to the Food and Drug Administration.
The regulatory agency posted a public safety notification warning people not to use eye drops with such ingredients—products more akin to hocus-pocus than modern medicine.
Amniotic fluid is mostly just fetal urine—and it’s not FDA-approved for eyes.
Enlarge / An inflamed eye. (credit: Getty | BSIP)
For a sinister Shakespearian brew to conjure spirits, you're going to need to gather a variety of mystical herbs, like the scale of a dragon and the cool blood of a baboon (or maybe a spotted gecko). For eternal life, harvest a dead man's toe and a newt's saliva.
But if dry eye relief is all you seek, then the urine of a human fetus is what you'll need—just don't mention it to the Food and Drug Administration.
The regulatory agency posted a public safety notification warning people not to use eye drops with such ingredients—products more akin to hocus-pocus than modern medicine.
Linux PC company is now offering four laptops with 13th-gen Intel “Raptor Lake” processor options. The company refreshed its Gazelle laptop in March, equipping new models with an Intel Core i9-13900H processor and NVIDIA RTX 3050 graphics….
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Lindell held “Prove Mike Wrong” contest but refused to pay the winner.
Enlarge / MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell speaks during the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on March 4, 2023, in National Harbor, Maryland. (credit: Getty Images | Alex Wong )
Election conspiracy theorist Mike Lindell was ordered to pay $5 million to the man who won the "Prove Mike Wrong" contest in which Lindell offered the prize to anyone who could prove that his data had nothing to do with the 2020 presidential election.
Lindell, the My Pillow CEO who helped finance Donald Trump's baseless election protests, was ordered to pay Robert Zeidman $5 million within 30 days in a ruling issued yesterday by the American Arbitration Association Commercial Arbitration Tribunal.
"Based on the foregoing analysis, Mr. Zeidman performed under the contract," a three-member arbitration panel wrote. The panel found that Zeidman proved the files provided by Lindell to contest participants did not contain actual data from the election.
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