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Business
Company blog · aaronkellylaw.com/internet-lawbusinessother
Business is the company blog at aaronkellylaw.com, writing about business. Since 2011, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “Consequences of Filing a False DMCA Takedown Request”. The last post was in 2022, but the archive is still widely read.
Too few sampled comments (8) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN commenters link this Arizona startup lawyer's posts on internet law, mainly on the consequences of filing false DMCA takedown requests and on truth as a defense in defamation cases.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 8 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Most-linked posts?
- Consequences of Filing a False DMCA Takedown Request2 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2013-03-11
- /consequences-of-filing-a-false-dmca-takedown-request/2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2019-01-09
What Hacker News says?
Most interesting comment to that article: Thankfully all DMCA requests are filed under penalty of perjury. If he claims that he owns the copyright to material he doesn’t own, he has now opened himself up to civil litigation. Really. Seems so: http://www.aaronkellylaw.com/Internet-Law-and-Intellectual-P...
Comment linking /Internet-Law-and-Intellectual-Property-Articles/Consequences-of-filing-a-false-DMCA-Takedown-Request.shtml
on “Dropbox Attempts To Kill Open Source Project”Submitted Consequences of Filing a False DMCA Takedown Request as a story · 1 points
HN discussionTruth is an absolute defense, except when its not. http://www.aaronkellylaw.com/truth-and-defamation/
Comment linking /truth-and-defamation/
on “Google loses ‘right to be forgotten’ case”Submitted Consequences of Filing a False DMCA Takedown Request as a story · 1 points
HN discussionhttp://www.aaronkellylaw.com/ Give him a call. He has handled cases for me with PayPal. He comes highly recommended, just search his name. He can fix this mess without high expenses.
Comment linking /
on “I made $200K and PayPal locked my account”While a false DMCA takedown request can be fined and ultimately punished with jail time, most of the casework on this has clear malicious intent. These are parties that send out a notice just for articles or posts that are critical of said party. In these cases, you had a human on one side knowingly filing a single false DMCA takedown. http://www.aaronkellylaw.com/consequences-of-filing-a-false-... These are cases o…
Comment linking /consequences-of-filing-a-false-dmca-takedown-request/
on “The Mueller Report Can’t Be Copyrighted, Is Flagged by Copyright Bots Anyway”Well if they're uploaded by the copyright holder they're unlikely to be DMCAed (though it happens :-). And why should they protest a trailer -- it's an ad for their film, right? But these shortsighted folks often will DMCA one. In theory you can be liable for damages for filing a false DMCA claim (a couple of examples here: http://www.aaronkellylaw.com/consequences-of-filing-a-false-... ). In practice it almost neve…
Comment linking /consequences-of-filing-a-false-dmca-takedown-request/
on “Lionsgate copyright claims over reviews by YouTuber AngryJoeShow [video]”Filing a false DMCA takedown opens the filer up to civil damages (assuming you want to pursue them). It's a shame there's no criminal penalty. http://www.aaronkellylaw.com/internet-law/consequences-of-fi...
Comment linking /internet-law/consequences-of-filing-a-false-dmca-takedown-request/
on “What the SEO? – The shady world of small business SEO”It seems themeforest.net and themeforest.com are owned by an Australian company, Envato Pty Ltd. The DMCA is a US law, and luckily, it seems they're not in the US. $ whois themeforest.net Registrant Organization: Envato Pty Ltd Registrant Street: PO Box 21177, Little Lonsdale St Registrant City: Melbourne Registrant State/Province: Victoria Registrant Postal Code: VIC 8011 Registrant Country: AU Registrant Phone: +6…
Comment linking /internet-law/consequences-of-filing-a-false-dmca-takedown-request/
on “Ask HN: How to deal with bullshit DMCA threat ?”Worth reading: title: Consequences of Filing a False DMCA Takedown Request http://www.aaronkellylaw.com/internet-law/consequences-of-fi...
Comment linking /internet-law/consequences-of-filing-a-false-dmca-takedown-request/
on “ CipherCloud DMCA notice to remove discussion of homomorphic encryption”