[HN Gopher] Dark Ops Undercovered: Episode II
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       Dark Ops Undercovered: Episode II
        
       Author : Tomte
       Score  : 69 points
       Date   : 2021-04-24 11:27 UTC (11 hours ago)
        
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       | soarfourmore wrote:
       | > The following 16 URLs have been used to clone legit media
       | sites, back-date articles and later file fake DMCA complains to
       | Google
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       | What are the consequences for abusing DMCA? Should they be
       | stiffened?
        
         | indymike wrote:
         | There's little recourse to fake DMCA complaints. The reason the
         | DMCA exists was to placate content owners who wanted a way to
         | get infringements taken offline quickly. There does need to be
         | something done about fake complaints - this is especially
         | affecting creators, journalists (I'm including small time
         | bloggers and vloggers in this group) and others who can't
         | afford an army of lawyers to protect a small revenue stream.
         | The problem is that it will be hard to get anything done
         | because bigger media companies will loby to get even more power
         | than they have today.
        
           | dazc wrote:
           | Agree, DMCA works just fine when large sums of money are not
           | at stake.
        
         | topicseed wrote:
         | Apparently, Google has taken down several pages and URLs
         | following DMCA takedown requests.[1]
         | 
         | [1] https://mashable.com/article/google-fake-dmca-takedown-
         | reque...
        
       | logronoide wrote:
       | The owner of the company is a very well known young entrepreneur
       | (must be around 25) in Spain. He introduced himself back in 2015
       | as a genuine case of self-made man with a very difficult
       | childhood. He spent all his teenage years in a reception centre.
       | At the age of 19 he started Eliminalia. When he was 23 he built a
       | small empire of different companies ranging from online marketing
       | to fertility centers and surrogacy (the connection to Ukraine and
       | Russia probably has to do with this businesses).
       | 
       | This kind of profiles attract a lot of attention, and different
       | media outlets have been investigating him and his companies. The
       | impersonation of the EU commission was front page of one of the
       | largest online newspapers and broadly spread across social
       | networks... so I guess Eliminalia is going to be very busy the
       | coming weeks.
       | 
       | I can't find any article in English, but this thread in twitter
       | in Spanish can give you some insights about him:
       | https://twitter.com/ottoreuss/status/1349359908232294400?s=2...
        
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