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Thats not the way copyright works. If you think it is, please, let RIAA know you've stolen some records and let's see how much they charge you. Last time I che

by rnovak 11y ago

Thats not the way copyright works. If you think it is, please, let RIAA know you've stolen some records and let's see how much they charge you. Last time I checked, users are sued for thousands of dollars per infringing instance, held up in court. Why shouldn't that hold for a COMPANY doing it? Seems a little unreasonable to me. Edit: and for people down-voting, please explain why?

toyg 11y ago
Downvotes are probably because hardcore copyright-abusing tactics employed by the entertainment industry to save their outdated business models are not particularly popular 'round here. The fact that they exist does not mean one should use them. I see the point you're making though (copyright violation by a for-profit company is just wrong, both morally and legally), and i upvoted to compensate.
- rnovak 11y ago
  I understand that "copyright abuse" is frowned upon. (and I'm not arguing against you, I just find what they're doing to be completely unreasonable). But this is the exact opposite. This is a company flagrantly copying someones work without permissions. And in ACADEMIA. IIRC, you could be thrown out of school for plagiarism, we shouldn't disregard an academic institution doing this exact thing.
  - manigandham 11y ago
    The company isn't stealing the videos, other users are. As long as they take it down promptly and then refund customers, what are they doing wrong? Where's the outrage at youtube then which allows for the same thing? Or paypal or stripe or any ecommerce product which allows for selling something? It's a problem that's explained and handled by the DMCA, the issue is making sure the company actually follows through with handling requests promptly and accurately.
    - rnovak 11y ago
      while I agree that the author of this piece needs to make sure they're submitting DMCA takedowns to the appropriate place, I still think that a company trying to bill themselves as an academic institution shouldn't be allowed ANY infringement.
      - manigandham 11y ago
        They're only claiming academic insofar as they facilitate learning through the videos. Not sure this qualifies as real academia - they are not an accredited school or university nor do they have teachers on staff or any other normal infrastructure. It's just a site that hosts videos for sale. But what difference does it make - it's the classic user provided content model and all the issues it comes with that's causing the problem here. No company, academic or otherwise, wants infringement and if there was a perfect solution then everyone would use it, however it's just not feasible to be perfectly defensive and catch everything. They do have > 500 employees so it's a company big enough to have checks in place with other video providers to catch basic things like this but still, it's a much harder problem than people think.
    - tracker1 11y ago
      If they're charging $$ to watch the videos, they can pay someone to review content... in this case, Udemy could very well be liable for penalties beyond DMCA safe harbor.
      - manigandham 11y ago
        It's not about the money (youtube/google has plenty of money and still doesnt catch everything) but about the logistics of it all. Why does facilitating transactions give them more liability? You can use paypal or stripe links to take money, are they now liable for penalties for things people sell using them?
        rnovak 11y ago
        Just as an FYI since you keep bringing it up, I'm fairly sure that payment processors are absolutely liable for illegal items purchased through their gateways. If you'd like an example, Banks won't even OPEN an account in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, simply because it's still illegal federally, and they're avoiding liability. I just thought I'd share, since I have firsthand experience in that particular industry (online payment processing).
cortesoft 11y ago
Well, it is how the DMCA works. If the videos are uploaded by someone else (not by Udemy), then all they have to do is remove the video promptly if sent a DMCA request. If they did that, they would not be liable for damages.
- rnovak 11y ago
  IANAL, but DMCA applies to penalties, not to the issue of whether or not they're infringing copyright. Though, I will note that Udemy does have a designated agent in regards to DMCA Safe Harbor, so the OP may want to check that they submitted complains the correct place: > Via E-mail: copyright@udemy.com[1] [1]https://www.udemy.com/terms/copyright/ https://www.udemy.com/terms/copyright/
  - cortesoft 11y ago
    The guy I was replying to was saying they should have huge damages, which they won't as long as they remove it promptly.
    - manigandham 11y ago
      It's the same guy...
ps4fanboy 11y ago
There is three actors in this, yours only has two, this is like is like the RIAA asking a record store to pay them the $10,000 they made from selling a record which turned out to not belong to the supplier, the store issued a recall refunded the customers but the RIAA still wants the $10K
ArleneBarlow 11y ago
>Thats not the way copyright works. I once asked a muslim man to not cut off a little boy's hand for stealing an apple, and he told me, and i quote "that's not the way sharia works. If you think it is, please, let the caliph know you disagree with the words of Allah and let's see which part of your body they chop off."

by rnovak 11y ago

toyg 11y ago

Downvotes are probably because hardcore copyright-abusing tactics employed by the entertainment industry to save their outdated business models are not particularly popular 'round here. The fact that they exist does not mean one should use them. I see the point you're making though (copyright violation by a for-profit company is just wrong, both morally and legally), and i upvoted to compensate.

rnovak 11y ago
I understand that "copyright abuse" is frowned upon. (and I'm not arguing against you, I just find what they're doing to be completely unreasonable). But this is the exact opposite. This is a company flagrantly copying someones work without permissions. And in ACADEMIA. IIRC, you could be thrown out of school for plagiarism, we shouldn't disregard an academic institution doing this exact thing.
- manigandham 11y ago
  The company isn't stealing the videos, other users are. As long as they take it down promptly and then refund customers, what are they doing wrong? Where's the outrage at youtube then which allows for the same thing? Or paypal or stripe or any ecommerce product which allows for selling something? It's a problem that's explained and handled by the DMCA, the issue is making sure the company actually follows through with handling requests promptly and accurately.
  - rnovak 11y ago
    while I agree that the author of this piece needs to make sure they're submitting DMCA takedowns to the appropriate place, I still think that a company trying to bill themselves as an academic institution shouldn't be allowed ANY infringement.
    - manigandham 11y ago
      They're only claiming academic insofar as they facilitate learning through the videos. Not sure this qualifies as real academia - they are not an accredited school or university nor do they have teachers on staff or any other normal infrastructure. It's just a site that hosts videos for sale. But what difference does it make - it's the classic user provided content model and all the issues it comes with that's causing the problem here. No company, academic or otherwise, wants infringement and if there was a perfect solution then everyone would use it, however it's just not feasible to be perfectly defensive and catch everything. They do have > 500 employees so it's a company big enough to have checks in place with other video providers to catch basic things like this but still, it's a much harder problem than people think.
  - tracker1 11y ago
    If they're charging $$ to watch the videos, they can pay someone to review content... in this case, Udemy could very well be liable for penalties beyond DMCA safe harbor.
    - manigandham 11y ago
      It's not about the money (youtube/google has plenty of money and still doesnt catch everything) but about the logistics of it all. Why does facilitating transactions give them more liability? You can use paypal or stripe links to take money, are they now liable for penalties for things people sell using them?
      - rnovak 11y ago
        Just as an FYI since you keep bringing it up, I'm fairly sure that payment processors are absolutely liable for illegal items purchased through their gateways. If you'd like an example, Banks won't even OPEN an account in states that have legalized recreational marijuana, simply because it's still illegal federally, and they're avoiding liability. I just thought I'd share, since I have firsthand experience in that particular industry (online payment processing).

cortesoft 11y ago

Well, it is how the DMCA works. If the videos are uploaded by someone else (not by Udemy), then all they have to do is remove the video promptly if sent a DMCA request. If they did that, they would not be liable for damages.

rnovak 11y ago
IANAL, but DMCA applies to penalties, not to the issue of whether or not they're infringing copyright. Though, I will note that Udemy does have a designated agent in regards to DMCA Safe Harbor, so the OP may want to check that they submitted complains the correct place: > Via E-mail: copyright@udemy.com[1] [1]https://www.udemy.com/terms/copyright/ https://www.udemy.com/terms/copyright/
- cortesoft 11y ago
  The guy I was replying to was saying they should have huge damages, which they won't as long as they remove it promptly.
  - manigandham 11y ago
    It's the same guy...

ps4fanboy 11y ago

There is three actors in this, yours only has two, this is like is like the RIAA asking a record store to pay them the $10,000 they made from selling a record which turned out to not belong to the supplier, the store issued a recall refunded the customers but the RIAA still wants the $10K

ArleneBarlow 11y ago

>Thats not the way copyright works. I once asked a muslim man to not cut off a little boy's hand for stealing an apple, and he told me, and i quote "that's not the way sharia works. If you think it is, please, let the caliph know you disagree with the words of Allah and let's see which part of your body they chop off."