Beware Of Digital Millennium Copyright Act Black Hats!
Because of laziness, rather than making new content, scoundrels exploit Digital Millennium Copyright Act Black Hat strategy. when their opponents outrank them with better content, they simply whine and blow the rape whistle to have them removed.In the beginning of my web development career, I was terrified of getting sued, After brushing up on the appropriate places to obtain public domain images and media, I researched into copyright law. From what I soon came to find, DMCA court cases are rarely an occurrence.
The reason DMCA court cases are uncommon, is because of what their potential cost is. The average court case averages $110,000. So with that being said, it is very unlikely you will encounter a lawsuit.
However, just because you're not going to get sued doesn't mean you should use copyrighted content.
The reason being, just because you wont get sued, your content, and hard work could be smashed halloweens Jack o Lantern. Being impacted by a DMCA Takedown Request is frustrating and annoying, ESPECIALLY when its bogus and you clearly have fair use!
If you upload copyrighted content onto a Youtube for example, you could suffer consequences! Many people rely upon their income stream from Youtube videos and a DMCA violation could land you 3-6 months without monetization! Worse yet, to many of these claims filed against you and you could be banned!
The problem that I encountered was so much worse than a mere Youtube banning. As a result of the automated handling of DMCA Takedowns, Jason Watson is using them to assault and harass me. The US Support LLC
CEO apparently submits large quantities of erroneous DMCA requests as a black hat strategy. I wont even begin to tell you how many web properties the man has screwed over as a result of this strategy. The only thing one can do is simply pick up the pieces and go on about my day now that prevention measures are in place.His recent perjury has caught the attention of well known bloggers such as Washington Post writer Eugene Volokh.
Eugene is a UCLA law professor that has strong beliefs in defending the first amendment. Sure, a loophole of the 1st Amendment is what got me into this mess that's true. None the less, I appreciate Mr. Volokh recognizing my right to protest Watson's criminality.I will conclude with Defcon's 5 part defcon series on the subject. It thoroughly covers the vulnerabilities and the countermeasures should you ever encounter this.
