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by CPLX 3557 days ago
It's fraudulent. You'd have to claim under oath/affidavit that you believe the people you are suing are in fact infringing on you copyright, and that you have suffered a monetary loss as a result. As you know with certainty that neither of those statements is true you'd be committing perjury and fraud.
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There is a lot of fraud in DMCA takedowns already. If none of it has been punished, that tells you something about the risk of such fraud.