| Just Can't Please Everybody Poor Google, in its attempt to "do no evil" is having
to do instead "the lesser of two evils" resulting from
legal pressure. Google probably does not have the time or
wants to go through the trouble of verifying that a
takedown order is fake or not, since noncompliance to a
legit order (whether if they could discern whether it was
fake or not) would get them into deep trouble. In this
world you just cant please everybody since one decision
you make for one side will nearly always be critisized by
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| I don't see the problem. The work was restored after the proper owners were notified. Isn't this how it is supposed to happen. And if the work wasn't on YouTube for a day or two, who cares??
Those complaining just don't want the DMCA to be in place because they feel no one should block copying at all. They prefer a free for all with no copyright laws because they don't want to pay for anything.
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RadioDoc58ef2c0Premium,ExMod 2000-03
join:2000-05-11 | MPAA politics aside, you're right. YouTube is a free service, they can take contributions down for whatever reason they want, let alone DMCA notices.
The same thing would happen here: User posts material. Someone complains via hey-mod that material violates copyright. Moderator "hides" post via system controls while checking with fellow mods via private mod forum post. Hey-mod is found baseless or Justin doesn't think it warrants action, and post is returned to visibility. Pretty easy stuff.
A DMCA notice carries the weight of law. Google would be idiotic to just ignore one, even if it is fake. Putting the onus of proof of ownership on the poster is where it should be. Google would not have any way to do it independently.
This is one case where they made the right decision.
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FYI: That BS Google Don NO Evil is just that...they've done plenty of evil...
Google Do Not Harm the Profit |
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 thender2Glamour ProfessionPremium
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Staten Island, NY | I spelled that out thinking it was an acronym of some sort. Very clever, and I like your reasoning behind that claim. |
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