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I agree that those scams being openly on YouTube is an issue, my concern is that we've seen how they blindly abuse the public using retaining DMCA safe harbor a
by dotnet00 3y ago
I agree that those scams being openly on YouTube is an issue, my concern is that we've seen how they blindly abuse the public using retaining DMCA safe harbor as an excuse, so I don't think plainly expecting the company to suppress things will do the job. All of this social media related legislation needs to be rebuilt from the ground up by people who are actually from a current generation.
Since fighting false/abusive claims requires more effort than most people/creators can afford and Google only cares about retaining its safe harbor protection, DMCA is heavily abused by both malicious individuals and large companies to suppress anything they dislike. Technically there's a counter-claim system, but IIRC Google just hands over your personal info to the other party to fight the claim in court, which obviously puts anyone being false claimed in a tough spot (fight the claim and dox yourself to a malicious actor or don't fight the claim and get copyright strikes/lose revenue).
Sure, everyone can see that Google is just making an excuse to not have to spend more on checking the validity of reports, but ultimately that doesn't really change the fact that they continue to get away with it anyway.