The Fine Bros abandon attempt to license reaction videos after criticism

Re:The Fine Bros abandon attempt to license reaction videos ... by Karunamon on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:06PM (#11027656)

The best part is, a YouTube takedown is not a DMCA takedown - they've consciously chosen to make their own process to avoid the responsibilities (and protections) of the latter.

So what could YouTube possibly do to you for misusing the process? It's not a federal legal thing anymore. I suppose the takedown-ee could sue you for missed revenues if they really wanted to, but seeing as how there's nothing preventing bogus-named accounts from filing takedowns....

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Re:The Fine Bros abandon attempt to license reaction videos ... by adrusi on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @12:18PM (#11027756)

Well usage of the takedown process is bound by the terms of service. Suing every fraudulent take-down-er might be impractical, but the least they could do is penalize them within YouTube itself, like what they do to accounts flagged as repeatedly copyright infringing.

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Re:The Fine Bros abandon attempt to license reaction videos ... by malka on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @01:01PM (#11028136)

I remember a case where a DMCA takedown was used to get access to the victim personal informations. I do not remember if this occured on youtube, but maybe it is related ?

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Re:The Fine Bros abandon attempt to license reaction videos ... by Karunamon on Wednesday February 03, 2016 @03:35PM (#11029546)

Yeah, that's a trivially abused weakness. If you DMCA something, and the takedown-ee contests it, YouTube automatically shares the contact information of both parties. In effect: "We wash our hands of this, settle it amongst yourselves".

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