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Originally Posted by raymor
If it happens to you, be sure to send the host a counter notification saying the complainant can sue you if they are serious. When you do that the host should leave you alone. Then you can send the complainant a $5000 for liquidated damages on the frivolous takedown notice.
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In fact, these sites are censored for American people (using an american law), but since most of them are hosted in France, french law applies and sending a DMCA notice using an email is not enough here.
Strangely, i see the dmca notices in France too and the content is removed from the search engine for me too while there is a french google...
Also, it is illegal here to claim that a content is illegal while it is not and ask to put it offline. So yes, you could sue them back, but here, big companies would never accept this kind of deal (5-8 years for the lawsuit for a low profit (500€ ?) ).
Edit: yes it is perhaps possible to sue in the US