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Google Wins Lawsuit Against Scammers Who 'Weaponized' DMCA Takedowns

Google has obtained (PDF) a default judgment against two men who abused its DMCA takedown system to falsely target 117,000 URLs of competitors' online stores. With none of the defendants showing up in court, a California federal court sided with the search engine. Through an injunction, the men are ...

Google has obtained(PDF) a default judgment against two men who abused its DMCA takedown system to falsely target 117,000 URLs of competitors' online stores. In July, U.S. Magistrate Judge Sallie Kim recommended granting Google's motion for default judgment. Last Friday, U.S. District Court Judge Edward Davila adopted the recommendations, issuing a default judgment in favor of Google.

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