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Weird way to spell "How automated DMCA take-down requests are ruining the internet for everyone"
More like "How DMCA is ruining the internet" considering these companies are just complying with the law.
I think it says automated takedown requests, not automated reactions to those requests.
The reactions are legal compliance
They're not exercising due diligence in confirming that the takedown requests are legitimate (for example, by actually asking the content owners).
Over again, yes, that's legal compliance. That's what the law demands.
Yes. So? How is that relevant, if we are talking about companies automating the requests with no regards for their accuracy ruining the internet? Isn't it a given?
Because the companies have no say in the matter. It doesn't matter if they're accurate or not, they have to comply with the law by taking them down.
Again, it's not the companies complying with the takedowns we are complaining about. It's the companies that automatically send takedowns, with no regard for whether the takedowns are legitimate. These companies are supposed to have a duty to verify their copyright claim is valid before sending a takedown. But no one is enforcing it, so they don't do it. That is the biggest issue here. We need to punish companies and individuals for sending illegitimate takedown requests.
I don't understand why you just keep repeating yourself
Again, no they don't. They are legally required to take it down by the DMCA until it's disproven.
"These companies," in this case, being those sending the takedown requests.
How can the company SENDING the takedown request be legally required to take anything down?! They have nothing to take down. If they could take it down themselves, why would they need to send a DMCA takedown request?!
Its about sending the takedown request in the first place, not the company complying with it. Its an entirely, automated process with no regard to validity
Yeah, pretty much my takeaway. It's not OF piracy or even enforcement of copyright, it's out of control automation.
Nah this was issue before automation as well. Low paid employees aren't particularly better than AI here nor do they care to be whe they get paid barely anything.
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