EFF Sues Michael Crook for Bogus DMCA Claims
Be very careful when you make threats against ISPs under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). The Electronic Frontier Foundation is taking the issues seriously and are pushing for a preliminary injunction to stop the potential harassment and abuse.
As a primer: under the DMCA, a copyright holder can request that an ISP remove offending material from the web.
With respect to the EFF action (at Laughing Squid):
“The EFF has just filed suit against Craigslist copycat scammer Michael Crook for filing bogus DMCA claims. In September, a blog post about Michael Crook on 10 Zen Monkeys (which is run by Jeff Diehl) used a screen shot from Fox News of Michael Crook. Michael then send a DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) takedown notice to Jeff’s web host, claiming that he had a copyright on the image. Jeff’s web host then forced him to remove the image or his account would be suspended. Jeff then moved 10zenmonkeys.com to Laughing Squid Web Hosting (the web hosting company that we run). Within 24 hours, our data center was sent a DMCA claim from Michael Crook, requesting that the image be removed. I immediately contacted Jeff to discuss the situation, as well as Jason Schultz, an attorney at The Electronic Frontier Foundation. A few weeks later, EFF filed the complaint.”
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