Comment on Copyright madness: YouTube seems to doubt whether Shakespeare is in the public domain.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
It’s a theft ring, and there’s been accusations that Google is in on it somehow. I’m not sure if that means Google is getting a discount paying the mass DMCA reporters or what, but supposedly there’s some financial incentive for them to play along with these bad actors.
They should require significant vetting for allowing anyone to mass report, and ban these copyright holders from issuing any takedown requests if they’re found to be abusing the system.
I doubt google are in on it. What is far more likely is google developed the reporting system in collaboration with copywriters to make it easy to lodge a complaint.
Also those copywriters are the same groups who also happens to be advertising on the platform.
They are a victim of their success (acquisition) with YT being beholden to advertisers.
forrgott@lemm.ee 2 weeks ago
Doesn’t this crap cause the demonetization of many accounts? There’s your financial incentive right there.
surph_ninja@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
Sometimes. Other times the party making the DMCA claim gets to steal the money.