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Re: more american competition at it's best You're right that it's open and shut, but not for Viacom. Google has safe harbor protection under DMCA section 512 provided they respond to takedown requests. So Viacom can pound sand. |
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 ff1324Everybody Goes HomePremium join:2002-08-24 On Four Day | said by russotto: provided they respond to takedown requests. Which Viacom has made and YouTube has not complied with those requests. You might remember where YouTube was supposed to filter their content to catch Viacom content? Yeah...they aren't. -- The funny thing about firemen...night and day they're always firemen »www.stlfire.com |
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 | reply to russotto Wouldn't Viacom have to prove they lost revenue due to these clips being on YouTube? No, I don't know.. that's why I'm asking.... |
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 | reply to ff1324 There's no requirement in the DMCA to filter any content to take advantage of the safe harbor. It's up to the copyright holder to send a takedown notice for each alleged infringmenet. |
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 ff1324Everybody Goes HomePremium join:2002-08-24 On Four Day | Considering that YouTube agreed in early February to remove all of Viacom's material and to enact filtering software to prevent posting of Viacom's content...it would seem that Google has been given notice. -- The funny thing about firemen...night and day they're always firemen »www.stlfire.com |
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 FiLPremium join:2005-08-16 Silver Spring, MD | for MAYBE a couple of clips...but Google/ YouTube isn't above the law.
They still have to comply with how the rules. Meaning every infraction Viacom sees has to be a accompanied with a notice of removal. Thats prolly thousands of infringments, but still, they each have to have notices. Hence why it was said "Viacom can pound sand" and Google's in a safe harbor. They DID in fact TRY to filter out content, ven content they weren't "notified" about. Yep, pound away. |
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 GodTHE Dslr TrollPremium join:2002-07-01 Colorado Springs, CO | reply to russotto suck it viacom |
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