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Originally Posted by Shaggy
In theory, you have to state under penalty of perjury that you own the rights to any material that you request be taken down (via the DMCA). That should qualify for "knowingly claimed to have the copyright when they didn't have it".
Whether or not the government would actually enforce that is another matter.
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And it's fairly easy for someone to write up a document that they hold the copyright, then put it in the file. The person who picks up the document and makes the claim "we hold the copyright" believes that they hold the copyright and does not know differently.