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Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by annexrichmond on Saturday December 12, 2020 @11:39AM (#25399407)
Instead of fining businesses, perhaps the answer is litigation.

I’m not sure what their TOS says, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it protects from this, but yeah, the liability should be that you open yourself up to being sued if you erroneously remove a user from your platform, who is using it as their job

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Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by root_axis on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:05PM (#25399665)
Litigation on what basis? The service I pay nothing to use accidently took down my video. Case dismissed.
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Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by rolph on Saturday December 12, 2020 @12:28PM (#25399875)
the service regardless of payment was withdrawn to your detriment without notice, thats the thin edge. the body of the wedge is any financial damages.

  You cant sell or give out snake oil for free and have no repercussions, caveat emptor only goes so far.
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Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by supportlocal4h on Saturday December 12, 2020 @11:52AM (#25399546)
codingdave already gave the answer. If you are dissatisfied with the service, cease to employ it. If bad actors are protected by barriers to entry, work to lower the barriers.

Competition is your best hope. Chasing artificial alternatives is a poor choice.

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Re:Twitch suspends DragonForce guitarist Herman Li for playi... by sp332 on Saturday December 12, 2020 @03:06PM (#25401167)
Isn't there already civil liability for this?
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