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Terrorists Used False DMCA Claims To Get Personal Data of Anti-Islamic Youtuber

Posted by samzenpus on from the names-please dept.

An anonymous reader writes German newspaper FAZ reports (google translated version) that, after facing false DMCA claims by "FirstCrist, Copyright" and threatened by YouTube with takedown, a youtuber running the German version of Islam-critic Al Hayat TV had to disclose their identity in order to get the channel back online. Later, the channel staff got a mail containing a death threat by "FirstCrist, Copyright", containing: "thank you for your personal data. [...] take care your house gets police protection!" Employee names are now on Al Qaeda black lists.

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  1. Trying to wrap my head around this by rebelwarlock · · Score: 5, Informative

    So someone submits a false DMCA, and Youtube accepted this without requiring any proof. They then forced the youtuber to provide proof that it wasn't a copyright violation. They then provided said youtuber's personal information to the person submitting a false DMCA.

    What in the actual fuck?

    1. Re:Trying to wrap my head around this by AmiMoJo · · Score: 4, Informative

      Indeed, EU privacy laws make this kind of disclosure a very serious matter. At best they should be looking at a massive fine, at worst they could have their permission to store personal data revoked and be forced to delete all personal data held about Europeans.

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  2. Re:Typical muslims by Luckyo · · Score: 5, Informative

    Okay. Anti-Balaka Chrstian militias in CAR.

    Those guys make IS look tame. French peacekeepers were talking about Christian mob going door to door and taking entire families apart with machetes until there were effectively almost no muslims left in the country. They either fled or were killed. They even forced Chad's peacekeepers of muslim faith to flee alongside other muslims.

    Hilariously, Anti-Balaka means "no sword" or "no machete".

  3. Re: Typical muslims by sociocapitalist · · Score: 5, Informative

    No, but this isn't really an isolated incident now is it? This shit happens all the time, and it's always Muslims.
    http://www.thereligionofpeace....

    It's a problem, and a big one. Can we please stop pretending otherwise?

    It is not always Muslims.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J...
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...

    Etc.

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  4. Re:I thought the DMCA is American Law by Charliemopps · · Score: 5, Informative

    Google is your friend:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/W...

    The DMCA is the US's implementation of the WIPO treaty. WIPO is the treaty that all signing parties agreed to, the DMCA is the law that enforces it in the US. Each signing party would have their own law to enforce the treaty. You'd have to look at individual laws in the member-states of the EU to know which particular law enforces the treaty there.

    And now you know... and knowing is half the battle!