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(Unverified)Mar 23rd 2007 4:10PM

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IANAL, but this suit seems unlikely to succeed.The problem is that for the notice to be considered perjury, Viacom must have intentionally lied. All they have to do is claim they mistakenly thought that the video was entirely a clip of the Colbert Report. I think for this reason, in practice the relevant part of the DMCA can only be enforced if the people sending a take-down notice don't have the right to do so for the work they are *claiming* is being infringed.

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