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If the person who makes the request notifies you in advance, what's to prevent you from replying, "Well, if you do that, I'm going to file DMCA takedown requests for all of your content." ?

Note: Just a question because the whole thing seems poorly thought out. Not actually advocating that as a solution.



Because knowingly filing a false DMCA complaint opens you to lawsuits (and putting in writing that its a reactive complaint makes it pretty easy to prove). It may also constitute perjury, which is criminal. IANAL and all that.


"knowingly filing a false DMCA complaint opens you to lawsuits"

If you're under US jurisdiction.




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