Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process for doxxing purposes

Re:Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process f... by 0x0 on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @08:35AM (#4385607)

Interesting technique, and I see how the behaviour of the opponents can be annoying. But the lawsuit threat is ridiculous. Is youtube required to provide free anonymous video hosting to this person? Perhaps she should ask for her money back instead.

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Re:Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process f... by rmc on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @11:15AM (#4386330)

Just because she is not paying money, doesn't mean she has no rights. YouTube are still under contractual and moral obligations regardless of how much money she gave them.

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Re:Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process f... by Symmetry on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @11:33AM (#4386431)

Contractual obligation? What contract? I guarantee you that the clickthrough agreement the blogger signed explicitly said that Google might do what it's doing now.

Moral obligation? If you start saying that someone providing a service has a moral obligation to open themselves to civil suits on behalf of the people they serve then you'd see a lot fewer people offering free services.

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Re:Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process f... by eridius on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @01:33PM (#4387086)

YouTube is (inadvertently) aiding other people in an attempt to harass her, and the only recourse they provide requires her to reveal her full name to her attackers, thus opening her up to offline harassment. Seems like a good reason to sue.

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Re:Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process f... by 0x0 on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @02:42PM (#4387466)

I don't know american law, but to me that would be just as silly as suing the post office because someone sent you a postcard with the message "fuck you".

Anyway, if she sues, won't her name be on the public records of the case?

IMHO she should just host her videos elsewhere. I can't even begin to imagine how many similar cases of internet drama goes on over at youtube every single day.

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Re:Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process f... by eridius on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @05:59PM (#4388474)

You may want to read the article.

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Re:Abuse of Youtube's copyright infringement claim process f... by 0x0 on Wednesday August 15, 2012 @07:34PM (#4388981)

You know, I thought I did.

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