YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Videos, and More

Re:YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Video... by dotancohen on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @01:35AM (#17352846)

That would create a cottage industry of borderline-infringing works designed to trigger the filter but win in court.

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Re:YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Video... by DennisP on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @06:23AM (#17354002)

I.e. they would trigger bad copyright takedowns that weren't legally justified, forcing companies to stop doing those.

If it's possible to trigger those intentionally, then it's likely that it's also happening accidentally, and this policy would make that stop.

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Re:YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Video... by ben_w on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @10:31AM (#17355727)

Possibly, but machine generating edge cases for the purpose of collecting fines feels like it should also be wrong.

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Re:YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blender Video... by DennisP on Wednesday June 20, 2018 @10:49AM (#17355900)

True, but those edge cases have to convince a court made up of humans, who will probably have similar feelings. That might be a decent check on abuses.

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