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Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by corobo on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @08:57AM (#14307778)
> sue everyone and let their lawyers assert fair-use

YouTube would turn into a tumbleweed landscape overnight!

I've often thought YT should just add "No copyright intended" et al as a ContentID trigger though.

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Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by emodendroket on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:29AM (#14307969)
"No copyright intended" always makes me laugh. What does that even mean?
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Re:Show HN: Spotter – Search for copies of videos on the int... by rmc on Wednesday May 10, 2017 @09:35AM (#14308016)
It means the average person has no idea how copyright law works. It means lots of average people think there is nothing wrong with non-commerical usage of copyrighted works so long as you don't try to pass something off as your own. It means the legal definition of copyright infringement is out of step of what most people think of as right and wrong.
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