talkingtiki

That's good snark lather, but if you actually look at the collectorz.com forums, you find that yes, the email WAS as bad as all that: http://www.collectorz.com/phpbb2/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=15...

"Dear customer:

We've recently been informed by Amazon, our service provider, that our products may infringe upon certain usage restrictions. As a result, the product you've purchased may experience decreased functionality. We are working with Amazon to resolve this issue before this happens.

If you experience any problems or error messages, please do not contact Amazon or Collectorz.com at this time. We will keep you updated as we learn more. Follow us on Twitter at [blah] and on Facebook at [blah].

We sincerely apologize for any inconveience.

Sincerely,

Blah."

Done.

Ugh, this nonsense again?

You probably should get really angry, cuz you seem to have a insider's view into Scribd's back end. If not, then you're just bloviating and making strawman arguments that don't really stand up.

Because "compelling evidence" can be easily fabricated. Just ask all the writers that have had their works expunged from the Internet because an ex-wife, ex-writing partner, or angry reader decided to claim copyright infringement in order to mess with them. It happens all the time.

The valid affidavit requirement in the DMCA is a strong deterrent to this kind of nefarious abuse.

Think what you want about Scribd, the case is really loopy and weird.