Copyright-Strike-for-Hire: Lawsuit Targets Service Over Fake Meta Takedowns
A rivalry between two Miami sellers of $120 dog breed photo books has been escalated to a Florida federal court. The lawsuit accuses a rival publisher of hiring an account-ban vendor, who allegedly weaponized Meta's copyright system by filing takedown notices in the target's own name. The takedown vendor later offered to withdraw the strikes and share his client’s details if the bookseller deactivated its pages for 30 hours, so he could get paid.
