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Teams of lawyers for every major copyright holder already have a tool that lets them take down any pirated content that they want. What makes you believe giving

by emmett 17y ago

Teams of lawyers for every major copyright holder already have a tool that lets them take down any pirated content that they want. What makes you believe giving that same tool to a $6/hour intern would somehow magically fix the problem? The real solution is probably going to be the filtering we're adding. So far it's been very effective for Fox; we're working on getting other copyright holders signed up. "Justin.tv has taken a leadership position among live streaming sites by entering into an agreement with Fox to work together on copyright protection for live streaming content. Justin.tv, with consultation from Fox, is implementing an innovative and industry-leading filtering solution designed to prevent copyrighted content from appearing on Justin.tv without authorization." http://www.businessinsider.com/justintv-signs-deal-with-fox-gets-serious-about-copyright-problems-2009-8 http://www.businessinsider.com/justintv-signs-deal-with-fox-...

jonknee 17y ago
I think an intern would work because simply looking at the popular content on your site leads to obviously pirated material. Whatever you have isn't effective if your leader boards are full of copyrighted content. There are a lot of smart people working at Justin.tv so this isn't news to you--it's clear that part of your game plan is to get away with peddling stolen content. Having a takedown button for media partners is a way for you to look the other way while most of your popular content is illegitimate. YouTube did it and they are rich now right?
- abstractbill 17y ago
  Having an intern look at our content would weaken our claims to protection under the DMCA. Having an intern look at just some of our content would leave us wide open to legal action from anything that slipped through the net. No intern would ever be able to review all of our content, because our users are uploading content at a rate that's 30% higher than Youtube's users. So what you're actually proposing is: We should weaken our legal position, and then we should encourage legal action. Like it or not, the current legal framework makes it a bad idea to have employees reviewing our content.

by emmett 17y ago

jonknee 17y ago

I think an intern would work because simply looking at the popular content on your site leads to obviously pirated material. Whatever you have isn't effective if your leader boards are full of copyrighted content. There are a lot of smart people working at Justin.tv so this isn't news to you--it's clear that part of your game plan is to get away with peddling stolen content. Having a takedown button for media partners is a way for you to look the other way while most of your popular content is illegitimate. YouTube did it and they are rich now right?

abstractbill 17y ago
Having an intern look at our content would weaken our claims to protection under the DMCA. Having an intern look at just some of our content would leave us wide open to legal action from anything that slipped through the net. No intern would ever be able to review all of our content, because our users are uploading content at a rate that's 30% higher than Youtube's users. So what you're actually proposing is: We should weaken our legal position, and then we should encourage legal action. Like it or not, the current legal framework makes it a bad idea to have employees reviewing our content.