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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by theelous3 on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @05:36PM (#26083380)
> they lose their copyright altogether

Big no to this, as that can and would be abused by scavengers, but the rest is sane and broadly agreed to be the way.

What tou want instead is fines by revenue / income.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by jedberg on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @05:41PM (#26083436)
> Big no to this, as that can and would be abused by scavengers

How would scavengers abuse this?

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by theelous3 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:29AM (#26087528)
You hold a copyright I want. I fraudulently pose as you and make dcma claims until you lose your copyright.
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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by jedberg on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:36AM (#26091369)
But if all copyrights required registration, then all the notices would have to go along with that registration. You'd have to commit identity theft, which is a separate crime that you would be prosecuted for.
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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by joshuaissac on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @09:38AM (#26089679)
A solution is to require that the DMCA notice contains proof of ownership of the copyright (or proof that you are acting as an agent of the verified copyright holder).
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