Craig Brittain, operator of the now-defunct revenge porn site Is Anybody Down, has reportedly filed a Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) request to have 23 links related to an FTC decision against him removed from Google.

According to Ars Technica, Brittain's claim stems from sites using what he claims is unauthorized information about him and images from his former website. The DMCA is intended to give copyright holders a mechanism to remove content from the Internet which infringes on their claim. It's unlikely that Google, or anyone else, will honor this particular request.

At the heart of Brittain's complaint is a settlement with the Federal Trade Comission (FTC). In it, he is required to never post nude images online without prior consent, and is further required to destroy all the images and information he collected over the years. Both of these are the traditional hallmarks of revenge porn, where nude images (primarily of women) are posted online with the victims' personal information. Images are sometimes collected from online sources, and sometimes submitted by embittered ex-partners of the victims, hence the name.

The FTC said Brittain allegedly solicited some images from women over Craigslist while posing as a woman. It also alleges that Brittain operated two bogus "takedown" services, which charged up to $500 to have information removed from his website.

For his part, Brittain denies these allegations. In an lengthy diatribe posted to Is Anybody Down, Brittain expresses regret for his part in revenge porn. He goes on to claim that the FTC action is motivated by the Obama administration in order to gain a "PR benefit," and that he believes anti-revenge porn laws on the books in several states are unconstitutional.

Brittain takes great pains to point out that the FTC decision came nearly two years after he reportedly shuttered the site. "I closed the website down in 2013 because I was personally conflicted," said Brittain. "I wanted to use my skills to do something which I consider to be productive and positive in society, and that is why I contributed to GamerGate."

GamerGate is an online movement that has made headlines for its systematic harassment of prominent women involved in video game culture, and for couching its activities under the questionable banner of reforming journalism. It is interesting that Brittain should ally himself with this group, while facing renewed media scrutiny.

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