Re:YouTube: filmmakers presumed guilty until maybe proven in...
by kevin_thibedeau on Monday October 18, 2021 @11:27PM
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> There will be false-positives, there will be false claims, but they choose to play it safe.
Google choose to serve their corporate partners. They don't have to scan anything. They can have zero-friction counter notices that reactivate disputed content immediately. They can choose to only accept real DMCA notices under penalty of perjury.
The people calling the shots don't want to deal with what the law requires so Google bent over backwards to build an extra-legal system that gives all the power to one side.
Google choose to serve their corporate partners. They don't have to scan anything. They can have zero-friction counter notices that reactivate disputed content immediately. They can choose to only accept real DMCA notices under penalty of perjury.
The people calling the shots don't want to deal with what the law requires so Google bent over backwards to build an extra-legal system that gives all the power to one side.