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Originally Posted by gweeks
SFWA was sued over bad takedowns and settled out of court. I have no idea what the settlement was.
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Prosecution is not the same as a law suit. Law suits are civil, prosecution is a criminal matter. If you submit a false DMCA takedown request, that's perjury, which is a criminal matter. In the DMCA, there are criminal sanctions for false requests, and does label such behavior as perjury.