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Old 03-19-2010, 01:23 AM  
Jack Sparrow
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Is it normal for dmca hunters to threaten family and friends by phone?

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I'm sure the majority of webmasters here have gotten DMCA notices from xxxx xxxx of xxxx.xxx. Well, a customer the other day got one in relation to a link posted on their website to an image he said was copyrighted, and wanted me to force the user to remove said hyperlinks. Kindly, I said not going to happen.

Now I have a great voicemail from this guy calling me a fucking prick, and apparently a bunch of my family and friends are getting harassed by him over me. How he got these people's numbers is way beyond me. These are people I have 0 online connection with.

Anyone else deal with this guy's bullshit? Just curious if it's time to lawyer up or his temper-tantrum will run it's course.
I removed the quotes of who said this (and censored the names/links in it), but i can tell you it was on another forum where this was posted. It wasnt posted or adressed to me, we always take down links/pics/videos within 24hrs because its not even worth the hassle even if we KNOW pretty sure that we didnt violate any rules.

I wonder if this is common practice. Are there more people that have had calls to them and their families with threats?
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