Rightsholders decry the need to send millions of them, nobody likes receiving them, and people on both sides feel outraged when DMCA notices are used as a weapon.In March 2022, videogame giant Bungie decided to make an example of an unknown individual who was believed to have sent 96 fraudulent DMCA takedown notices to YouTube.Among other things, Bungie’s $7.7m lawsuit demanded $150,000 in statutory damages for each fraudulent takedown notice, claiming that every time its content was taken down, the company’s right to authorize the public display and performance of its copyrighted works was violated.When Bungie filed an amended complaint in June 2022, the company revealed that a sophisticated investigation had identified the alleged DMCA fraudster: Destiny gamer and Bungie customer Nicholas Minor, better known online as ‘Lord Nazos’.“Plaintiff spent considerable resources addressing the community outcry and investigating the fraudulent takedowns, eventually identifying Defendant as the person issuing the takedowns,” Bungie informed the court."