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The DMCA law itself says the host can't require any such verification, and if YT started requiring it for ContentID, the complainers could just start sending re
by icebraining 7y ago
The DMCA law itself says the host can't require any such verification, and if YT started requiring it for ContentID, the complainers could just start sending regular DMCA takedowns.
- chii 7y agowhich is better, because regular DMCA claims comes with a legal repercussion risk - you cannot file a false DMCA claim without punishment from the law. But youtube contentID claim is not DMCA, and has no punishment attached for a wrong claim.
- icebraining 7y agoAs ryani points out in another comment[1], the punishable part is so narrow as to be irrelevant. Which is why nobody ever was punished for that. [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19955838 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19955838