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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by onewaystreet on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @07:17PM (#8145422)
And if any of those services ever get as big as twitch they will be forced to as well.
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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by wldcordeiro on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @07:40PM (#8145510)
Precisely, the problem isn't Twitch implementing this. It's the copyright system that forces them to do this.
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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by superuser2 on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @08:41PM (#8145723)
No, it really isn't. Under the DMCA they are free from liability if they just sit there and respond to DMCA requests as they come.

Someone could set up a bot to send DMCA requests under the same algorithm, but they'd be guilty of perjury if they lied.

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Re:Twitch implements YouTube-like system for blocking copyri... by onewaystreet on Wednesday August 06, 2014 @08:48PM (#8145750)
That stops being realistic when you get to the size where you have thousands of DMCA requests coming in a day.
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