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by slang800 1092 days ago
Yeah, you would think so.

I guess if you want to do a DoS attack, send a few bogus DMCA notices to Cloudflare first to get the real IP of the server they're supposed to be protecting. Then you can hammer the server directly without Cloudflare getting in the way.
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chii 1092 days ago
Though you have now left a paper trail leading back to yourself, and leave yourself open to prosecution for computer fraud and such.

Not to mention a bogus DMCA takedown which has its own penalties.

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solardev 1092 days ago
Has a bogus DMCA takedown ever resulted in actual punishments?
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nfriedly 1092 days ago
> Not to mention a bogus DMCA takedown which has its own penalties.

Does it? It'd be nice if penalties happened more often to the groups that spam out DMCA takedowns.

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nine_k 1092 days ago
No trail leading to the DDoS attack, which would be executed by a botnet from compromised home computers, and paid for in bitcoin passed via a mixer, or something.
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