A Copyright First: Bogus Copyright Takedown Leads To Australian Court Awarding $150k Damages

We're so inured to hearing about unjustified claims of copyright infringement going unpunished that's it's good to come across a case where extensive damages were awarded for the harm caused. It concerns a film that the Australian artist Richard Bell made in New York, with the help of an assistant called Tanya Steele: 

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