Bungie Seeking To Sue Whoever Issued Fraudulent Destiny 2 Content Takedowns On YouTube
Last week, Bungie admitted it had been targeted by fraudsters seeking to impersonate the Destiny 2 developer in taking down various YouTube videos. The takedowns began several weeks prior, but a wave of takedowns sent over the March 19 weekend increased the urgency of Bungie’s investigation.
In last week’s TWAB, Bungie confirmed the existence of “fraudulent accounts created to impersonate our IP protection service.” Those fraudulent accounts impersonated CSC, a company Bungie hired to police its intellectual property and sent copyright takedown notices to various Destiny 2 content creators on YouTube. The net result was dozens, of videos getting taken down for no fault at all.
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An email from one of the alleged fraudsters was later sent to some content creators apparently confessing to the crime. They said that the takedowns were issued to bring attention to YouTube's "sloppy copyright takedown system and Bungie for ignoring this issue for so long."
Well, Bungie isn’t ignoring the issue any longer. According to a report from TorrentFreak (via Kotaku), Bungie has filed suit against up to 10 unknown individuals identified as John Does and accuses them of filing fraudulent DMCA takedown notices.
The 29-page complaint notes these takedowns caused “nearly incalculable damage” to Bungie’s reputation, but also accuses YouTube of incredibly lax security where literally anyone could issue a takedown at any time from anywhere in the world.
“Doe Defendants were able to [send fraudulent notices] because of a hole in YouTube’s DMCA-process security, which allows any person to claim to be representing any rights holder in the world for purposes
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