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Copyright Enforcer Swamped Verizon With 'Invalid' Takedown Notices

Copyright enforcement outfit Rightscorp crashed Verizon's mail servers in November of 2013 by sending the company more than 2 million invalid takedown notices on the same day. Ten years ago, Verizon only received 6,000 invalid notices each month. Verizon discloses those figures in a recent filing with the U.S. Copyright Office, which is reviewing the current notice-and-takedown system provided for by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.

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