Fraudulent Digital Millennium Copyright Act ( DMCA ) takedown notices are being issued by fraudsters , posing as legitimate copyright holders or third parties , requesting the takedown of rival websites from Google , according to a report from TorrentFreak . Many of the notices appear to target Russian websites , and most fake notices appear to originate in Russia too , TorrentFreak noted . DMCA infringement requests have been an ongoing problem for Google and the wider community .
Fraudulent Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices are being issued by fraudsters, posing as legitimate copyright holders or third parties, requesting the takedown of rival websites from Google, according to a report from TorrentFreak. Many of the takedowns appear to target Russian websites, and most fake notices appear to originate in Russia too, TorrentFreak noted. DMCA takedown requests have been an ongoing problem for Google and the wider internet.