The developer of 'Destiny 2' identifies vandalism that abuses copyright infringement notice and filed a proceeding on the scale of hundreds of millions of yen
Bungie, the developer of the free-to-play action MMO
Digital Trails: How Bungie Identified a Mass Sender of Fake DMCA Notices * TorrentFreak
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In early 2022, the Destiny 2 fan community was confused by someone sending a 'DMCA Notice' pointing out that they were infringing copyright on Destiny 2 related videos posted on YouTube. rice field. As a result, the video that received the DMCA notification will be deleted from YouTube.
Since Bungie allows users to upload Destiny 2 related content on YouTube, some users are saying, 'Bungie may have had to delete the content for some reason.' It seems to be. However, Bungie's own investigation reveals that all DMCA notices were false, or harassing.
Then, in late March 2022, Bungie took the unusual proceedings to file a proceeding in a Washington court. The results reveal that the two Gmail accounts were impersonating Bungie's anti-piracy partner, CSC. It seems that these two Gmail accounts were used to send fake DMCA notifications to YouTube. In the proceedings, Bungie has also filed additional claims for copyright infringement, defamation of the business, contract breaches, consumer protection law breaches, etc., in addition to damages related to fake DMCA notices.
However, little progress was made in this proceeding because the identity of the criminal was unknown. Under such circumstances, Bungie's amended complaint filed in court in the fourth week of June 2022 finally mentions the defendant's name. In it, Bungie also explains how he identified the person who abused the DMCA notice.
Bungie initially asked Google to provide information about the person sending the fake DMCA notice, but Google provides information about 'the person who infringes Bungie's copyright,' but is false. It seems that they have refused to provide information on users who send DMCA notifications that may be.
However, Google has provided Bungie with 'important information' about the two Gmail accounts that finally sent fake DMCA notifications on June 10, 2022. Google provided Bungie with a list of DMCA notifications sent through the two accounts, a copy of all communications made between the accounts, a log of the IP address used to access the account, and more. is.
From this information, Bungie identified that the two Gmail accounts were using Consolidated Communications, an internet service provider that provides internet services for residential use in Rocklin, California, USA. Furthermore, from the log dated March 22, it was identified that 'the user was logged in to the other account one second after the user logged out from one Gmail account', and the two accounts were operated by the same person. I'm guessing that there is.
It has also been revealed that the IP address information provided by Google was also used to send fraudulent emails to Bungie's anti-piracy vendor, CSC. In addition, one of the Gmail accounts that sent false DMCA notifications was found to have purchased the packaged version of Destiny 2: The Jet Black Queen. It seems that this package version was delivered to a certain address in Rocklin. This packaged version comes with a bonus download link, which will be emailed to the buyer. It seems that the IP address of the recipient who clicked this link matched the IP address of the user who sent the false DMCA notification. In addition, I clicked this link to another Gmail account called '[email protected]'.
Apart from this, a YouTuber named 'Lord Nazo' receives a DMCA notification from CSC and the video posted by himself is deleted. Furious at this, Lord Nazo claimed that 'my video is within fair use.' The Lord Nazo objection contained the email address '[email protected]' and stated that the address was Rocklin, Calif. In addition, it was written as 'Nick Minor' as his real name.
This Lord Nazo turned out to be an account that had received a DMCA notice from the CSC in December 2021. It also reveals that on January 25, 2022, when Lord Nazo deleted the DMCA noticed video, one of the Gmail accounts used to send the false DMCA notice was created. From a series of sources, Bungie concludes that Nick Minor was the person who made the false DMCA notice, making him the defendant in the amended complaint.
Nick Minor began using a VPN to access his Gmail account in March 2022 after news reports that Bungie had filed a lawsuit against a person who filed a fake DMCA notice. And it seems that it was already late.
In the proceedings, Bungie is seeking damages from Nick Minor for at least $ 7.65 million.
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