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Please correct me if I'm wrong but I did read these articles back when the vote was up a few months ago and my interpretation was not that it is a requirement t

Please correct me if I'm wrong but I did read these articles back when the vote was up a few months ago and my interpretation was not that it is a requirement to have an automated evaluation system. Sure youtube will of course implement an automated system but my point is that if you setup your own Peertube instance you can still screen content and let users report possible copyrighted content to you for manual screening. So small scale, self-hosted or themed instances will still be possible but they will have to moderate their content and they will have to act on received copyright violation reports. The author seems to be pointing out that small players cannot compete with Youtube because Youtube will have the means for automated large scale content screening. Well small players can do it manually. It will only work up until a certain level but it still enables people to host small themed instances of peertube for example.

dx87 8y ago
From what I remember, you're right that it doesn't strictly require an automated system, but the only way to practically do it is with an automated system. With current safe harbor provisions in the DMCA, if someone uploads copyrighted content, the host isn't liable as long as they take it down when notified. The new EU rules would make the host liable for any copyrighted content uploaded by a user, no safe harbor provisions. So you're options are automated filtering/blocking of all uploaded content, or roll the dice and hope that if a user uploads copyrighted content, that you find out before you get sued by the copyright owner.