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2018-02-03 - Russel Greer: "Remove my book"
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I'd be worried. Look at how good his record in the courtroom is. Lawsuits have always turned out well for him.
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Is it because he is queer?
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Surely one of the best legal minds of our time that sends a demand without proofreading it.
I'm getting optimistic about this creep actually trying something. He's already trying for lolcow of the year 2018! What a trooper!
I'm getting optimistic about this creep actually trying something. He's already trying for lolcow of the year 2018! What a trooper!
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Sorry, I just said something similar in his thread, but...
I believe he had the book set as a free download (by accident). If this was a legit dmca, and took @Null to court, wouldn't he have to prove that he suffered financially?
I believe he had the book set as a free download (by accident). If this was a legit dmca, and took @Null to court, wouldn't he have to prove that he suffered financially?
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Nah, copyright applies regardless. Although claiming damages gets a lot harder if you can't demonstrate any losses.
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There are an incredible number of things wrong with what he's attempting to do to the point where considering this doesn't even matter.
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He's in arrears, I fear, dear.
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It's always so cute when they arbitrarily try to shoehorn in these little stipulations like time requirements or demands to not post the email.
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What copyright did we even violate? Is mentioning the title and content of a book now a violation?
Should every bookstore employee/librarian in the country be sued because they recommended a product to a customer?
Should every bookstore employee/librarian in the country be sued because they recommended a product to a customer?
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It's funny because if he had the ability to just fill out a standard fucking DMCA, post a link to where the book is allegedly hosted on the farms, and not be Russel Greer; Null would probably be legally obligated to act. But he couldn't, and he didn't, and now everyone is laughing at him.
There was a link posted somewhere at some point to a full pdf rip of the book, and that's the sort of thing the DMCA can actually be applied to.
There was a link posted somewhere at some point to a full pdf rip of the book, and that's the sort of thing the DMCA can actually be applied to.
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To hear cows tell it, we have everyone from the FBI to the Forest Service after us.
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Well right now he claims to be harassing Pensacola's police department which I haven't lived in since the site came back up in February last year.
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Is it too much to hope for he will actually go through with that threat? 
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The site itself is protected by safe harbor. That said, individuals posting infringing materials can (and have) be sued without a takedown notice as they do not have those protections (fair use still applies).
With the legal mind of Russ 'fuck me or I'll sue you' Greer at the helm, I doubt there's too much risk.
With the legal mind of Russ 'fuck me or I'll sue you' Greer at the helm, I doubt there's too much risk.
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Think he's sent a similar thread to Google yet or no?
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Seriously. Like for as many cows as have harassed the farms, I can't remember a single correctly filled out DMCA. Maybe there were a couple. Maybe.
People are just dumb, I guess.
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