DMCA §512(f) Counter-suit


Also known as Thomas Gregory Doucette and the Law Offices of T. Greg Doucette PLLC v Ronald Kevin Stone, the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans Inc., and Dropbox Inc., 4:19-cv-08148 (NDCA).

Shortly after the sham settlement, T. Greg Doucette posted to his Dropbox account an email sent to members of the North Carolina Division Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) by R. Kevin Stone, the group's “Commander”. Stone, either personally or through an attorney, misused the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to submit a takedown notice to Dropbox, claiming that Mr. Doucette was violating SCV's copyright by posting the email and getting Dropbox to disable file sharing on Mr. Doucette's account for two weeks.

This was a misuse of the DMCA. Mr. Doucette threatened, and ultimately filed, a lawsuit against the SCV under §512(f) of the DMCA in California for the harm they caused through their abuse of the DMCA takedown process.

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