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It’s clear that you’re not a lawyer, because if you were you’d know that there’s no established duty of care between BrandShield and web masters.

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Clearly I'm not a lawyer either, but isn't accusing someone of doing something that is not true and that can have legal ramification a suable behavior in the US?

According to this no one has ever been prosecuted just for sending false DMCA takedown notices:

https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/51541/has-anyone-bee...

They do mention a case where the defendant acted in bad faith and was found liable for damages though.

It's a good thing it's not a DMCA takedown notice, then. They reported itch.io for phishing.

Sorry you are right, somehow I'd missed that part

Sounds like a pretty straightforward case of tortious interference, actually.

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