How to deal with DMCA takedown notices

[MagicDude4Eva]

How do you deal with DMCA takedown notices related to product descriptions? With Google it is simple enough for any person to submit a DMCA takedown notice irrespective if the owner holds right to the content.

One such example is this http://www.chillingeffects.org/notice.cgi?sID=1012391\. Although Google dealt in that particular case properly (and did not remove content), we find that nowadays more and more competitors use the DMCA takedowns as an easy way to de-index competitive content.

Since the person registering the DMCA takedown does not require to provide any proof of copyright, de-indexing happens quite quickly.

Try this URL: http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/removals/copyright/domains/mydomain.com/ (replace your domain) to see if you have been affected.

I would like your opinion if you have been affected by takedowns on product descriptions - in my mind if product descriptions are informative and relate to the characteristics of the product then takedowns should be denied.

[PaddyDisplays]

luckily I have never had that problem, also it seems that you will be alerted in you webmaster account if someone requests a takedown.

Still an interesting "black hat" technique to remove competitors out of the serps that might not have webmaster accounts