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Re:The Fine Bros abandon attempt to license reaction videos ... by aklemm on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @11:36AM (#11027407)
The accuser should be made public and held to a high standard. What could Youtube do to get the incentives more aligned so that users infringed upon are still willing to make the accusation, but false accusers would steer away?
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Re:The Fine Bros abandon attempt to license reaction videos ... by cddotdotslash on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:24PM (#11027817)
YouTube could make the penalties for filing a false claim more severe. One false claim - you can't make claims for a month. Two false claims - you lose revenue for a month. Three false claims - your account is suspended.
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Re:The Fine Bros abandon attempt to license reaction videos ... by forgottenpass on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:14PM (#11027721)
What could Youtube do to get the incentives more aligned so

Nothing.

If YouTube doesn't act aggressive enough at taking videos down, Viacom et al. start having their lawyers breathe down Google's neck.

If YouTube is too aggressive in taking things down, businesses are inconvenienced yet again at the whim of a platform owner that they zero negotiating power with. The people who do have negotiating power with YouTube already have bigger things that they want from YouTube and, if they do care about takedowns, can probably get most-favored-nations status in the dispute process.

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