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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by gumby on Monday June 28, 2021 @08:32AM (#27661020)
The troll files a copyright claim against the PD post, then gets the ad revenue from the PD post rather than the post's author.

Since there's no penalty for the troll, and possible upside, why not do if you have no ethics anyway?

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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by bryan0 on Monday June 28, 2021 @01:59PM (#27665213)
Does the ad revenue go to some sort of an escrow until the claim is settled? Otherwise this doesn't seem to make any sense (??)
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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by gumby on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:44PM (#27669254)
If Youtube cared they would do something like this excellent idea.
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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by pitaj on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:58PM (#27669397)
Yes it does, this is one of the recent changes to the system.
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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by mcguire on Monday June 28, 2021 @02:01PM (#27665259)
Filing the copyright claim requires identifying information from the claimant. If the ad revenue is valuable enough, the posting creator should have a decent case for fraud.
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Re:Dear Google: Public domain compositions exist by gumby on Monday June 28, 2021 @06:43PM (#27669251)
But a few thousand bucks isn't enough to sue, while a robot can mass collect a few thousand bucks from a bunch of victims at one time.
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