“If the infringing content is not taken down promptly, we will have no choice but to pursue legal action to protect our copyrighted material.”
One bootleg upload of a track that was YouTube-exclusive for a few days. JYP’s response is Arnold & Porter demanding names, IP addresses, bank accounts, and payment records from Symphonic Distribution. No lawsuit, no judge weighing anything, just a clerk-stamped DMCA subpoena. The DMCA subpoena is the cheapest deanonymization tool in American law and labels use it like a search bar.