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the DMCA as the law and the practices it established is beyond broken. It is a rare occasion where i'd agree with Facebook approach - there is no reason to inve
by VladRussian 16y ago
the DMCA as the law and the practices it established is beyond broken. It is a rare occasion where i'd agree with Facebook approach - there is no reason to invest in the lipstick for that pig. Don't like how DMCA works - write to your representative, or even better - elect a one who'd represent people not the money.
- monochromatic 16y agoYeah, it gets a lot of flack, but I don't think it's so terrible. It provides a safe harbor for hosting providers (very good); it provides a simple way for rights holders to stop infringement (good); and it provides a simple way to dispute a takedown notice (good). The only bad part is that it's subject to frivolous takedowns, but this is mitigated by my third point and the fact that it's a crime to submit a false takedown notice.
- pyre 16y agoBy not responding to counter-notices, Facebook is not complying with the DMCA. Though it's not really clear that these copyright claims are honest-to-goodness "on penalty of perjury" DMCA requests. [update] I was finally able to find a link to the Facebook form (https://www.facebook.com/legal/copyright.php?noncopyright_notice=1 https://www.facebook.com/legal/copyright.php?noncopyright_no...). It appears to say that you affirm this information under penalty of perjury, but it's also a 'non-copyright' claim which I'm not sure falls under the DMCA. It definitely doesn't say that it's a DMCA notice anywhere on that page.
- tomjen3 16y agoWhy does everybody always suggest changing politics is as simple as electing a new congress critter. What we need is outside of the box thinking - maybe urls which change so fast that there is no way to identify the content behind them for a DMCA? That would obviously mean we would need a way to redirect people but it would at least have a chance of working, were as politics doesn't.