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#2 doesn't seem surprising. I'm sure they don't want to spend the manpower on it. Better to just take it down and let the original uploader re-up it.
by ianferrel 15y ago
#2 doesn't seem surprising. I'm sure they don't want to spend the manpower on it. Better to just take it down and let the original uploader re-up it.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoExcept that DMCA notices include language like this: "I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner, or authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner, of the copyright(s) that is(are) allegedly infringed by the aforementioned content." That doesn't include any exceptions for "my automated script screwed up" or "we didn't check carefully enough", nor should it.
- ianferrel 15y agoUh... those are for the party making the infringement claim. Point #2 was about Hotfile, the party receiving the claim. I was saying that it doesn't seem surprising that they didn't bother to check the incoming claims very carefully before pulling the content down.
- JoshTriplett 15y agoI was talking about point 1.