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June 23, 2022 05:25 pm
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23180178/bungie-destiny-lawsuit-youtube-fake-dmca-copyright-notice
Bungie sues Destiny YouTuber for sowing chaos with fake copyright strikes
Bungie has sued a Destiny player who allegedly filed dozens of fake copyright strikes in its name. The lawsuit, covered by TheGamePost, says California YouTube creator Nick Minor turned a single Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice into 96 fraudulent claims against other YouTubers.
The complaint claims Bungie “brand protection” contractor CSC Global sent Minor a legitimate copyright notice in December 2021, asking him to remove music from the soundtrack of Destiny expansion The Taken King. Minor allegedly responded by creating a Gmail account that mimicked the CSC one and then filing similar requests with a bevy of other YouTube accounts — even hitting an official Bungie account. He identified himself as a CSC...
Original Link: https://www.theverge.com/2022/6/23/23180178/bungie-destiny-lawsuit-youtube-fake-dmca-copyright-notice
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