Google Drive users stung by macOS '.DS_Store' copyright infringement issue

Re:Google Drive users stung by macOS '.DS_Store' copyright i... by prepend on Sunday February 20, 2022 @09:19AM (#30405881)

How is this a problem though? So what if I pirated movies in my cloud storage?

Should my HDD manufactures also scan for pirated movies?

Should samsonite suitcases check for pirated physical dvds?

Should my smarttv check for pirated movies?

Google isn’t even responsible legally, they are choosing to do this.

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Re:Google Drive users stung by macOS '.DS_Store' copyright i... by monkeybutton on Sunday February 20, 2022 @09:24AM (#30405921)

If copyright holders had their way, smart TVs would definitely block playing pirated media. To add to your list, why should HDMI care about encryption and stopping piracy?

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Re:Google Drive users stung by macOS '.DS_Store' copyright i... by mijoharas on Sunday February 20, 2022 @09:27AM (#30405958)

From the comment that you are replying to:

> That are shared massively

If the drive is shared, then google is shipping the bits to whoever it is shared with, same as YouTube.

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