Ah, the wonders of copyright. A weapon disguised as protection. Like with age verification and "think of the children", copyright claims have "think of the small artists".

> The fake DMCA is made by a fake profile from a country with zero inhabitants. The removal requests by this "Ellie Piee" are made from the country called Bouvet Island, an uninhabited Norwegian dependent territory in the South Atlantic/Southern Ocean near Antarctica. It has zero inhabitants, and is referred to as the "world's most remote island."

this is the most infuriating part, you don't even have to be a person to do this?

The incentives seem backwards. Filing a fraudulent DMCA request appears almost free, while contesting one can require time, legal knowledge, or money. That creates an asymmetric cost where bad actors lose little by trying, but legitimate publishers bear most of the burden. Even a lightweight verification step or a refundable deposit could change that calculus.

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Should have used a GDPR takedown instead of copyright: in the EU, Google doesn't tell you the identity of the requester, what qas allegedly infringing, or even the affected URl, and there's no ability to challenge. Great stuff. (/s)

if this makes you angry, it should! but there is nothing "one" can do. it is just how the system is set up.