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Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by gruez on Saturday May 01, 2021 @07:53PM (#27011049)
> And thus there's a built-in incentive to cut a deal with the content owners to preemptively prevent the DMCA claims (which are expensive!) by doing this sort of automated policing.

How are DMCAs expensive?

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Re:Piano teacher gets copyright claim for Beethoven’s Moonli... by ajross on Saturday May 01, 2021 @08:05PM (#27011125)
You need to pay a human being at $15/hour or more to spend a few minutes to review the claim and response, on videos that on average are probably making you a dime or less in ad revenue. These companies receive a lot of DMCA claims, most of which are absolutely valid.
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