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I don't think anyone honestly believes that this was "coincidental".
by wmil 8y ago
I don't think anyone honestly believes that this was "coincidental".
- rgbrenner 8y agowhy not? They admit they uploaded copyrighted content... they just say they had a right to broadcast it. Content ID doesn't magically get a copy of all legal contracts you've signed.. it'll flag copyrighted content if the original author registered it.
- ben_w 8y agoThis happens with humans sometimes, too. Previous employer got a C&D letter from a client who had forgotten they had asked us to make and release an app for them with their logo and content. (No I will not say who).
- ben_w 8y agoNot “coincidental” so much as an inevitable outcome of failure to understand what they were asking for and/or thinking rules don’t apply to them. Happens a lot. In the 2010 UK elections, several MPs who voted for three-strikes rules on internet copyright violations were violating copyright themselves on their official websites. And then there’s the case of Matthew Garret and the MPAA: he filed a DMCA takedown notice against the MPAA because their anti-piracy toolkit violated his copyright/the GPL.