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Re:What should I do about YouTube? by r00fus on Friday January 23, 2015 @07:26PM (#8938259)
> Google won't be liable as long as they (1) aren't aware of the infringing videos and (2) take them down after receiving a DMCA complaint. I don't see how their ability to block them changes this - it's pretty established that these services are not required to proactively monitor their content.

Asking what another comment asked above this thread - doesn't ContentID exactly fill the requirements for clause (1) - Google knows which videos are potential infringement.

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Re:What should I do about YouTube? by icebraining on Friday January 23, 2015 @08:58PM (#8938527)
ContentID won't know what videos are hers if they delete the reference videos from the database. And I don't see how could they be forced to keep them there, since that would be tantamount to forcing pro-active monitoring.
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