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 . In one instance, a furniture store had its pages removed from Google because of counterfeit takedown requests, the report said. 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 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 .