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Fluffeh writes:
A new paper published in the Virginia Journal of Law and Technology shows that the number of DMCA notices received by Google increased 711,887 percent in four years. The increase can be credited to a few copyright holders and industry groups such as the RIAA, who started an avalanche of takedown requests after the SOPA and PIPA bills died in Congress.
New research by Stanford Law School's Daniel Seng reveals that online services such as Google and Twitter have seen a surge in takedown requests in recent years. In fact, drawing on data from ChillingEffects.org, Seng finds that the number of DMCA notices processed by Google increased 711,887 percent in four years, from 62 in 2008 to 441,370 in 2012.
The most active copyright holders up until 2012 were the RIAA, Froytal and Microsoft, each listing more than five million notices. Seng's paper doesn't include the most recent data, but Google's Transparency Report shows that these numbers more than doubled again in 2013.
(Score: 4, Informative) by MrGuy on Wednesday March 26 2014, @05:14PM
Only sorta kinda.
Yes, there is an "under penalty of perjury" piece of a takedown notice. But it's not about the infringement.
The ONLY thing you have to swear to is that the person submitting the request is authorized to act on behalf of the copyright holder (i.e. you're not filing notices for someone ELSE'S copyright).
There's no "under penalty of perjury" required regarding the infringement. All that's required is a statement that they have a "good faith belief" that the material is used in an unauthorized way. There's no "under penalty of perjury" regarding this.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DMCA_takedown_notice# Notice_from_copyright_owner [wikipedia.org]