King Naga Calyo Lucere-DelphiMar 5

I can imagine that there would be A LOT less copyright trolling on platforms such as YouTube and Twitch if the DMCA required claimants to reimburse ad revenue **WITH INTEREST** to successful appellants of false DMCA claims.

The way the system works right now, there is literally no downside to being a copyright troll, because you get to keep all of the ad revenue that your DMCA claim functionally confiscates from your victims, unless they can afford to lawyer up and sue you for it all back.

Show threadKing Naga Calyo Lucere-DelphiMar 5

Of course, a requirement to reimburse with interest means that **determined** copyright trolls are now more incentivized to fight to keep their false claims, because relenting on it would incur a cost (the interest to be paid in reimbursement).

But that then exposes them to even more legal liability if even ONE of their victims has the willingness to lawyer up on principle, and that can potentially open the door to a class action suit against the troll on behalf of all victims. :)

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@dragonarchitect add on that the copyright troll is automatically required to pay legal fees of the plaintif when they lose.
Mar 5 at 6:09pmWeb