Minor Economic Costs Are Recoverable As DMCA Misrepresentation Damages

摘要

A plaintiff pursuing a claim against a copyright holder's representative for making a material misrepresentation in a Digital Millennium Copyright Act takedown notice may recover non-substantial economic damages such as the cost of electricity used to power her computer as she sought to have the video of her dancing toddler restored on YouTube, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California ruled Jan. 24 (Lenz v. Universal Music Corp., N.D. Cal., No. 5:07-cv-03783-JF, 1/24/13).