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Thinking this law only affects Google and Facebook is the problem. Google and Facebook can afford to build those content recognition systems and pay those roya
by icebraining 8y ago
Thinking this law only affects Google and Facebook is the problem.
Google and Facebook can afford to build those content recognition systems and pay those royalties. Can your local non-profit photo sharing community? Can a new video hosting service that makes less money because it doesn't surveil its users?
- jaabe 8y agoMy local non-profit sharing community is already liable. That’s my point. You couldn’t write a blog and share music a record company produced without permission. As soon as it was found, it would be taken down and you’d get fined. Why should YouTube or Facebook have that advantage over you?
- icebraining 8y agoNo, that's not true; a community that runs a photo hosting service is certainly protected if some user uploads protected content, just like YouTube (under the Electronic Commerce Directive 2000/31/EC). They would only not have protection if the copyright holder could prove the hosting community itself purposefully hosted such content. But neither would YouTube if they did the same.