LendInk EBook Lending Service Returns, Receives Fishy DMCA Notice 43
Ian Lamont writes "Remember LendInk, the legitimate ebook lending community that got knocked offline at the beginning of August by a mob of misguided authors? The site's owner, Dale Porter, received a lot of support after the story went viral and last week was able to reactivate the site and his affiliate accounts with Amazon and Barnes & Noble."
The owner reportedly received a DMCA notice immediately, but a few folks dug and it appears that the "lawyer" who issued it is no lawyer at all, and probably an Internet troll (evidence includes not being listed as a lawyer in PA, using a home address, and sending the takedown from gmail). Or just a really bad lawyer.
Facebook posts are news now? (Score:3, Insightful)
Re:Test ad (Score:2, Insightful)
This is 2012, learn to adblock for god's sake!
I guess he needs a DCMA procedure page saying (Score:3, Insightful)
1) Briefly what Amazon's terms are and why his site is ok
2) The Email address to send DCMA takedowns to.
3) That he will formally complain to the state bar of any attorney who sends a takedown disregarding #1 above.
falsification? (Score:2, Insightful)
So is there any consequence for falsification of a DCMA notice? Like 5 years in Federal Hotel...
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