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> The third alternative is to remove the “safe harbor” clause in the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act aha. > Jonathan Trumbull Taplin (born July 18, 1947
by davidgerard 10y ago
> The third alternative is to remove the “safe harbor” clause in the 1998 Digital Millennium Copyright Act
aha.
> Jonathan Trumbull Taplin (born July 18, 1947) is an American writer, film producer and scholar
yeah, this is an op-ed for Hollywood versus the Internet. Reducing or removing the DMCA safe harbour is their number one goal this year.
- joatmon-snoo 10y agoAh, so that's why his suggestions make no sense.
- mifield 10y agoThat, and he's a adjunct communications professor with no experience in antitrust law
- bsimpson 10y agoThis is first proposal I've heard to remove safe harbor. Where else have you seen evidence of this?
- davidgerard 10y agoI follow music industry news, and it's been actively (rather than passively) on their wishlist for the past six months or so. It's their biggest gripe with YouTube, for instance. (That and that YouTube, unlike Spotify, refuse to give them money for nothing just because they demand it. https://rocknerd.co.uk/2017/04/03/record-labels-want-money-youtube-doesnt-earn-just-because-google-has-some-and-theyd-like-it/ https://rocknerd.co.uk/2017/04/03/record-labels-want-money-y... )
- gman83 10y agoYeah I'm getting a definite Jack Valenti vibe from this guy.