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YouTube sues alleged copyright troll for extortion; targets Minecraft community

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YouTube is suing an alleged copyright troll using the Digital Millenium Copyright Act's provisions, alleging that Christopher Brady used false copyright claims to extort original content, which was harming the company in the process. Brady had allegedly sent multiple complaints that the Minecraft gaming community infringed on his copyright material in January. Youtube had removed Brady's videos infringing copyright materiel.