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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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