The scammer in question pretended that he was the legitimate owner of the videos uploaded by the users and requested money to retract the false claims.<\/p>\n
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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cWe striked you. Our request is $150 PayPal, or $75 btc. You may send the money via goods\/ services if you do not think we will cancel or hold up our end of the deal,\u201d the scammer wrote.<\/p>\n
This abuse didn\u2019t go unnoticed by YouTube, which tracked down the alleged offender and took action.<\/p>\n
Last month the video streaming service\u00a0sued Nebraska-resident Christopher Brady<\/a>, accusing him of violating the DMCA by falsely claiming the content of other YouTubers as his own.<\/p>\n According to YouTube, Brady repeatedly attempted to harass and extort money from content creators through his bogus copyright infringement claims.<\/p>\n The company believes Brady went as far as using the address of YouTube user Cxlvxn, which is shared with a rightsholder for the purpose of filing a lawsuit, in an attempt to dispatch a large number of police officers to his home.<\/p>\n In the complaint, YouTube demanded a jury trial but it didn\u2019t get that far. A few hours ago they submitted an agreed judgment and permanent injunction to the Nebraska federal court, which settles the matter without any further bloodshed.<\/p>\n Under the\u00a0proposed injunction (pdf)<\/a>, Brady is prevented from filing any bogus copyright claims going forward. In addition, he separately agreed to pay $25,000 for his misconduct, offering a public apology to all the people who were hurt by his actions.<\/p>\n \u201cI, Christopher L. Brady, admit that I sent dozens of notices to YouTube falsely claiming that material uploaded by YouTube users infringed my copyrights,\u201d reads the apology, which YouTube shared with\u00a0The Verge<\/a>.<\/p>\n \u201cI apologize to the YouTube users that I directly impacted by my actions, to the YouTube community, and to YouTube itself,\u201d Brady adds.<\/p>\n The proposed judgment and injunction have yet to be signed off by the court, but this is expected to happen later this week. It\u2019s not clear whether any of the affected users will receive compensation, but YouTube says that it\u2019s happy with this outcome.<\/p>\n \u201cThis settlement highlights the very real consequences for those that misuse our copyright system. We\u2019ll continue our work to prevent abuse of our systems,\u201d a YouTube spokesperson said.<\/p>\n Source: \u00a0![\"TorrentFreak\"](\"http:\/\/worldjusticenews.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/torrentfreak.png\")
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