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Correct. A company cannot not comply with a dmca takedown. When the law was written, the supposed safeguard against copyright holders filing tons of frivolous c
by deelowe 6y ago
Correct. A company cannot not comply with a dmca takedown. When the law was written, the supposed safeguard against copyright holders filing tons of frivolous claims is that a counter claim can be pretty serious. Of course history has shown that this didn't work out as planned.
- TheDesolate0 6y agoThey can not comply if they wish, M$ just doesn't wish it. Plus this is clearly out of scope.
- bawolff 6y agoA company is under no obligation to comply with an invalid notice. Wikipedia ignores invalid DMCA requests all the time. It is risky though, as the company opens itself up to a lot of liability if its wrong.
- mschuster91 6y agowikipedia has the advantage that they can deploy a banner informing people about stuff in an instant. From some googling, back in 2015 Wikipedia had half a billion monthly users - that is massive reachout capability. Anyone daring to put up a fight with Wikipedia risks being flattened by outrage.