Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git
by deelowe on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:46AM
(#24884302)
Correct. A company cannot not comply with a dmca takedown. When the law was written, the supposed safeguard against copyright holders filing tons of frivolous claims is that a counter claim can be pretty serious. Of course history has shown that this didn't work out as planned.
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Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git
by bawolff on Sunday October 25, 2020 @05:52AM
(#24885081)
A company is under no obligation to comply with an invalid notice. Wikipedia ignores invalid DMCA requests all the time.
It is risky though, as the company opens itself up to a lot of liability if its wrong.
Re:YouTube-dl is now part of GitHub/dmca.git
by mschuster91 on Sunday October 25, 2020 @02:24PM
(#24888600)
wikipedia has the advantage that they can deploy a banner informing people about stuff in an instant. From some googling, back in 2015 Wikipedia had half a billion monthly users - that is massive reachout capability.
Anyone daring to put up a fight with Wikipedia risks being flattened by outrage.