• andyburke@fedia.io
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    One bullshit system affecting another.

    Real cool.

    It doesn’t have to be like this. We could use government to actually break up and regulate these gigantic companies.

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      This is really less to do with any companies and more to do with poorly written copyright legislation (DMCA).

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        Who uh … who do you think wrote the DMCA? That is definitely one of the shitty systems I am referrimg to above.

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        No, the DMCA (which does overall suck) has severe penalties for false takedown requests. It also has severe penalties for failing to honor takedown requests, though, so YouTube made its own system that is decidedly not DMCA and allows any big company to take down videos with impunity regardless of whether their claims have any merit.

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          Have there ever been any consequences for false takedown requests you could point me at?

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            Not any that I’m aware of. Most takedowns you hear about aren’t actually DMCA takedowns, they’re platform-specific systems that have no legal standing and no penalties for false requests. However, the DMCA does specifically say that false requests are a form of perjury.