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If Google hadn’t implemented ContentID they could very well have lost the suit from Viacom about Google not doing what the DMCA requires. And rightfully so of
by tinus_hn 5y ago
If Google hadn’t implemented ContentID they could very well have lost the suit from Viacom about Google not doing what the DMCA requires.
And rightfully so of course, Google claims they can’t review everything for copyright infringement yet for instance they succeed pretty well in filtering adult content.
While it is true that the YouTube takedown and strikes system favors large companies, it’s just about the same as the basic provisions of the DMCA, with the unwarranted takedowns, claimants who never get held to the ‘penalty of perjury’ for false claims etcetera. And compare exactly the same complaints about for instance Twitch.
- dragonwriter 5y ago> If Google hadn’t implemented ContentID they could very well have lost the suit from Viacom about Google not doing what the DMCA requires. Viacom’s suit wasn't about DMCA requirements (in fact, it was originally dismissed based on the DMCA safe harbor, but that was reversed on appeal) but basic commercial copyright infringement.
- tinus_hn 5y agoIt’s one and the same, if you claim the DMCA does not protect a host, you say they are exposed to basic copyright infringement claims. That’s why the suit went through appeals from yes, the DMCA protects Google, to no it doesn’t, to yes it does to settlement.