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I run a service based in Germany, and yes we don't care about DMCAs per se. However German laws are essentially: "Once you are notified of copyright infringing
by chmod775 6y ago
I run a service based in Germany, and yes we don't care about DMCAs per se.
However German laws are essentially: "Once you are notified of copyright infringing/illegal content, you have to remove it, lest you lose your protection as a service provider and become responsible for the content."
A DMCA takedown notice would be such a notification.
On the upside you don't need to do anything if you don't have reason to believe the content is illegal in any way (unlike with DMCAs where you pretty much always have to remove first).
On the downside it's a bit easier to get into trouble as a provider if you chose to let something stay online.
- ikeboy 6y ago>On the upside you don't need to do anything if you don't have reason to believe the content is illegal in any way (unlike with DMCAs where you pretty much always have to remove first). The DMCA works the same way. If you refuse to remove content and it turns out to be legal, then you as a service provider can't be held liable. You only get in trouble if you ignore a valid notice and there is infringement. Neither is relevant here, though, as it wasn't a DMCA notice but a claim of anti-circumvention.
- chmod775 6y agoIf that's the case I suppose the only notable difference is that the DMCA system is more formalized.
- aaron_m04 6y ago> However German laws are essentially: "Once you are notified of copyright infringing/illegal content, you have to remove it, lest you lose your protection as a service provider and become responsible for the content." Youtube-dl itself isn't copyright infringement though. It's a tool that could theoretically be used for copyright infringement.