{"id":85528,"date":"2025-10-10T09:00:43","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:00:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=85528"},"modified":"2025-10-10T09:00:43","modified_gmt":"2025-10-10T09:00:43","slug":"pinterest-accused-of-sending-false-dmca-claims-to-delist-downloader-from-google","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cryptocabaret.com\/?p=85528","title":{"rendered":"Pinterest Accused of Sending \u2018False\u2019 DMCA Claims to Delist Downloader From Google"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"pinterePintere.com<\/a> is a straightforward tool that enables users to download images, videos, and boards from Pinterest. <\/p>\n

The service also works with other platforms, including Facebook, Imgur, and Instagram, but its name suggests that Pinterest<\/a> is of prime interest.<\/p>\n

The site is a project from developer Johnathan Nader, a name that regular readers may recognize. Nader is also the owner of stream-ripper Yout.com, which is actively engaged in a legal battle with the RIAA<\/a> currently pending at the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.<\/p>\n

Nader initiated the lawsuit in 2020<\/a>, alleging that the music group sent \u201cabusive\u201d DMCA anti-circumvention notices to Google. Through the lawsuit, the developer aims to establish that the site does not violate U.S. law.<\/p>\n

Pinterest Targets Pintere.com <\/h2>\n

Pintere.com is not linked to music downloads, but that doesn\u2019t mean that the service is immune to copyright issues. Unhappy with Pintere\u2019s downloading capabilities, Pinterest sent DMCA anti-circumvention notices to Google search, hoping to delist site URLs from the company\u2019s indexes.<\/p>\n

Last week, Google informed Nader that it had removed various Pintere.com URLs from its search results following complaints, noting that the downloading tool might circumvent protections for copyrighted content.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Google\u2019s Notice<\/em><\/center>
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The takedown notices (e.g.<\/a>) appear to have been sent in August and according to information in the Lumen Database<\/a>, the sender was Pinterest Inc. A quick check on Google reveals that the reported URLs were indeed removed. <\/p>\n

Pintere Returns Fire<\/h2>\n

Disappointed that another one of his services has become a target for anti-circumvention notices, Nader sent a counter-notice to Google, requesting the search engine to reinstate the URLs. <\/p>\n

The site\u2019s lawyer, Frank Scardino, argues that Pinterest\u2019s claims are \u201ccategorically false\u201d. The letter accuses Pinterest of making false statements, arguing that its \u201crepresentations to Google are false and that they materially misrepresent the Website\u2019s activities\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

The letter<\/em><\/center>
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According to the letter, no circumvention is involved. Pintere is a \u201cgeneral purpose\u201d tool that merely interacts with the publicly available Pinterest website using legitimate web requests.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Website does not descramble scrambled works, decrypt encrypted works, or otherwise avoids, bypasses, removes, deactivates, or impairs a technological measure that effectively controls access to copyrighted works,\u201d the letter reads.<\/p>\n

Like VCRs and DVRs<\/h2>\n

The lawyer compares Pintere.com to \u201cVCRs and DVRs,\u201d arguing the service is \u201ccapable of substantial noninfringing uses.\u201d Based on these arguments, the letter formally requests Google to fully restore all URLs that were removed.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n

Pintere.com<\/em><\/center>
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After sending this formal notice, the ball is now in Google\u2019s court. If these were regular DMCA notices, the search engine would be legally required to reinstate the URLs unless Pinterest takes further legal steps. That is not the case here, however.<\/p>\n

Pinterest sent takedown notices under Section 1201 of the DMCA. They do not claim that the content on pintere.com is infringing, they say the service it provides is an illegal circumvention tool.<\/p>\n

There\u2019s no legal requirement for intermediaries to restore content in response to a counter-notice disputing the validity of an anti-circumvention takedown notice. As a result, it\u2019s up to Google to decide what steps to take next.<\/p>\n

To hear Pintrest\u2019s side of the story, TorrentFreak requested comment on the counter-notice and the serious allegation it filed \u201cfalse\u201d claims with Google. Pintrest is yet to respond and for now, Pintere.com\u2019s URLs are still missing from Google Search.<\/p>\n

From: TF<\/a>, for the latest news on copyright battles, piracy and more.<\/p>\n

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