The SymPy/HackerRank DMCA Incident
I believe that a real DMCA takedown (not the copyright notice used by youtube) needs the following two clauses:<p>"I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, or its agent, or the law."<p>and<p>"I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."<p>This takedown does not seem to have been in good faith or accurate, if only because of the following:<p>> The notice also stated “the infringing website is not willing to remove our client's work”, which came as a surprise to us since, at no point in time prior to receiving this notice had we received any communications from HackerRank or WorthIT Solutions.<p>Are there any consequences against whomever at WorthIT signed the DMCA request? If not, how come?