Youtuber Lord Nazo has been accused of sending fake DMCA notices to other Youtubers after he himself was supposed to delete a “Destiny 2” video. Bungie has since filed a $7.6 million lawsuit.
In spring 2022, videos based on “Destiny 2” were temporarily blocked. They were removed due to DMCA requests allegedly from the rights holder. The developer Bungie quickly explained that these actions were not taken at the request of the company or the studio’s partners.
The YouTuber sent DMCA warnings ninety-six times, allegedly on behalf of Bungie, according to a statement from the developer. He posed as Bungie’s trademark advocate to get Youtube to instruct other Youtubers to delete their “Destiny 2” videos or face copyright infringement.
Economic damage caused
As if that weren’t enough, “All the while ‘Lord Nazo’ has been joining the community discussion about Bungie’s takedowns and spreading disinformation,” the studio continued. “This has caused significant reputational and economic damage to Bungie for obvious reasons.”
The original DMCA notice to Minor was issued by Bungie after the youtuber uploaded the Destiny expansion soundtrack “The Taken King” to his youtube channel. After “Lord Nazo” refused to delete the content, the video was removed by the platform operator.
In revenge, the YouTuber then reportedly registered a new Gmail address designed to mimic the email addresses of CSC Global employees. It is the company that enforces Bungie’s copyrights. After that, he started sending out fake DMCA notices.
Ultimately, Bungie had to “devote significant internal resources” to addressing this issue and helping players recover their videos and channels.
For the Youtuber, on the other hand, it could be expensive fun. Bungie is suing him for a sum of $7.6 million – A total of $150,000 for each of the works affected by the fraudulent DMCA takedowns.
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It’s not the only legal battle Bungie has had to deal with recently. A few days ago, cheat company Elite Boss Tech agreed to pay Bungie $13.5 million in damages to end a copyright infringement lawsuit.
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