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What's the penalty for ignoring DMCA takedowns and who enforces it? FAANG and other huge companies always do risk assessment and don't blink if it's cheaper to
by gtirloni 3y ago
What's the penalty for ignoring DMCA takedowns and who enforces it?
FAANG and other huge companies always do risk assessment and don't blink if it's cheaper to ignore some law if the benefits outweigh the litigation costs.. does that mean DMCA takedowns could have huge financial impact for them?
- Scion9066 3y agoYes. The penalty for ignoring DMCA takedowns is losing the DMCA safe harbors that protect them from copyright infringement liability. With statutory damages of $30k per work for non-willful infringement, any company that hosts user generated content would be out of business quite quickly as they get sued by every copyright holder everywhere. https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html https://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html