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It would be worse without it. Google would be liable for copyrighted material, and likely would preemptively ban suspected material to avoid liability.
by WillPostForFood 8y ago
It would be worse without it. Google would be liable for copyrighted material, and likely would preemptively ban suspected material to avoid liability.
- izacus 8y agoWhat exactly are you basing that on? The previous law said nothing about hosters being liable for any copyright.
- WillPostForFood 8y agoThere was no previous law with respect to the internet. The specific purpose of the safe harbor provisions of the DMCA was to exempt ISPs and content providers from liability for hosting copyright infringing material. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512 https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/512
- jijji 8y agoThe law previous to DMCA was "common carrier" regulations. https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/chapter-5/subchapter-II/part-I https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/47/chapter-5/subchap...
- icebraining 8y agoI don't think that applied to most services, though, including Google.