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[–] [email protected] 88 points 3 months ago (1 children)

HBO also noticed this bonus episode through its anti-piracy partner Marketly and took action in response. A takedown notice posted in the Lumen Database shows that the company asked Google to remove an “infringing” link to the non-existent release earlier this week.

They're claiming to own the copyright to the Trojan horse?

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I think they're issuing a take down notice for using the name and posing as them.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago (1 children)

"Takedown notice" has legal meaning, it's not some random cease-and-desist letter that you can draft for anything you want and that has no legal weight other than that it might be scary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Using someone else's IP, such as claiming that something you're distributing is an episode of their show, most certainly qualifies for a valid DMCA takedown notice.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

DMCA is about copyright (that's what the "C" is). The name of a show isn't copyrighted, it's trademarked. Different type of IP altogether.