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It should require a legal action to engage a DMCA notice in the first place.
by m-p-3 4y ago
It should require a legal action to engage a DMCA notice in the first place.
- zeruch 4y agoThat's a tautology. The DMCA is a legal action, but not inherently one that requires litigation. There is a difference.
- MBCook 4y agoWasn’t that the whole point of the DMCA? That copyright injunctions were too expensive and slow to get? I think it’s working exactly as intended. Which, unsurprisingly, is terrifically easily to abuse.
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- judge2020 4y agoDMCA takedowns technically are legal actions, as: > (f)Misrepresentations.—Any person who knowingly materially misrepresents under this section— (1)that material or activity is infringing, or (2)that material or activity was removed or disabled by mistake or misidentification, shall be liable for any damages, including costs and attorneys’ fees, incurred by the alleged infringer, by any copyright owner or copyright owner’s authorized licensee... In practice, as far as I know nobody has ever been prosecuted or civilly sued under this section of the DMCA. Maybe this will be the first case to do so.
- jpalomaki 4y agoTry to look at it from small content owner perspective: Google is making content you own available online and monetizing it through subscription fees and ads. Then when you ask them to stop, they require you to start with law suit before doing anything. That costs money and takes time. Meanwhile there might be already couple more channels with the content, requiring more lawsuits.