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That's why the article says "Copyright Notices" and not DMCA takedown requests. Youtube has a not-legally-binding made-it-up-ourselves copyright notice system w
by wlesieutre 9y ago
That's why the article says "Copyright Notices" and not DMCA takedown requests. Youtube has a not-legally-binding made-it-up-ourselves copyright notice system where you're allowed to file as many false claims as you want without breaking any laws. No need for an actual DMCA request.
- cup-of-tea 9y agoHas this changed at some point? Many years ago I had a takedown request on one of my videos. It was me showing a musical composition I made in some sequencing software and the claim appeared to be from the published of that software. I don't know why that company would have done that but I wondered if just anyone could have filed it claiming to be that company. They told me that to contest I had to provide loads of legal documentation and essentially escalate it to a serious claim. It wasn't worth my time or worth risking actual legal trouble. I decided to just never upload a video to Youtube again and felt like it was a case of guilty until proven innocent. I'm sure it mentioned the DMCA in the request, though.
- wlesieutre 9y agoThey still respond to real takedown requests (it'd be illegal not to), so you may have gotten an actual DMCA takedown. But the term "copyright notice" as I understand it applies to less serious flagging, mostly done automatically by some kind of content fingerprinting system.
- appleflaxen 9y agothis is a really helpful distinction; thank you for pointing it out.