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So basically, guilty until proven innocent.
by IAmGraydon 3y ago
So basically, guilty until proven innocent.
- realitythreek 3y agoThis isn’t a criminal case so the process doesn’t involve guilt. It actually allows everyone to stay out of court. Unless the copyright holder then sues the uploader.
- rhino369 3y agoNot complying with DMCA doesn’t directly get into legal trouble. It’s not a crime and doesn’t create (itself) any civil liability. What it does do is forfeit a safe harbor defense against copyright infringement liability. Basically, as long as you comply with take down requests, you can’t be sued for copyright infringement unless you knew about it. It’s part of a quid pro quo with online services that publish user content. Other publishers are liable for what they publish even if they didn’t know about it. Without the DMCA, Google would be liable for all the piracy that happens on the site.