Google's response: no action for 94 sites, mysql.com link is taken down:<p><a href="https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/requests/1877373/" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright...</a>
Kind of sounds like some script hashed a "download" icon that's commonly used, and submitted a DMCA takedown claim. Or something along those lines.<p>It's time for some teeth to be added to the DMCA to prevent abuses like this, at a minimum there should be penalties for obviously fraudulent claims like this one.<p>edit: typo
I'm sure it's been said before and I'm sure it'll be said again, but there need to be punative measures. Automatic submissions like this that waste service providers' and uploaders' time and while it might not be malicious, if you file legally binding papers on somebody (like a DMCA) you should have your costs covered if it turns out to be bull.<p>Even an automatic $100 fine per 10 URLs per domain would stop idiots crap like this, and fairly remunerate Google for going through it.
If I'm reading this[1] correctly, these might be proxied DMCA submissions. Total Wipes Music Group sells software:<p><pre><code> Total Wipes Anti Piracy is a complete anti-piracy system that allows to you
complete control to view, automate and remove illegal contents across
cyberlocker, torrents, vk.com, filestube.com and illegal streaming sites
whilst searching for your content across over 5 Billion piracy webpages
24/7. Our carefully own created script uses the info you provide to deeply
scan a vast range of IP networks, search engines, social sites, and other
infringing locations for illegal instances of your content. Following a
large group of data, our internal spider's scripts identify all links
as valid or not, beginning the removal process. A consistently action
of removing illegal instances of your content from all platforms drives higher
sales. Protecting your content from illegal and unauthorized use puts
copyright control back into your hands.</code></pre>
[1] <a href="https://www.totalwipesmusicgroup.com/pages/antipiracy" rel="nofollow">https://www.totalwipesmusicgroup.com/pages/antipiracy</a>
just look for high rejection rates in the transparency reports:<p><a href="https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/owners/70463/Aborigeno-Music/" rel="nofollow">https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright...</a><p>it's not a singular occasion<p><a href="https://www.chillingeffects.org/notices/10424698" rel="nofollow">https://www.chillingeffects.org/notices/10424698</a><p><a href="https://www.chillingeffects.org/notices/10436220" rel="nofollow">https://www.chillingeffects.org/notices/10436220</a>
It reads like the software list from Ninite (<a href="https://ninite.com/" rel="nofollow">https://ninite.com/</a>). Large, dev-oriented free (as in beer) software.<p>And nothing music related as far as I can see.<p>One more point against automatic DMCA complaints.
The DMCA states it is criminal to send false takedown requests, excusing from mistakes. However "Whoops, I sent a takedown for nothing but open source software!" is not a mistake. It is negligence in writing scripts or a human review process that avoids false takedown requests. If the city "mistakenly forgets" to repair the brakes on its busses, injuring dozens of people, they would of course be liable for the damages.
Arguably a dupe of <a href="https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8848544" rel="nofollow">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8848544</a>.