Comment on Google sues people who “weaponized” DMCA to remove rivals’ search results

ThePantser@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• RojoSanIchiban@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Google:

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• Makeitstop@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  While they could, that is also a different situation. YouTube copyright claims are generally done through YouTube’s own system, not through the actual DMCA process. That system is designed first and foremost to prevent YouTube from getting sued. It’s rigged in favor of the people claiming copyright because those are the ones doing the suing. Any attempt to fix it increases the chances of a lawsuit.

  These trolls messing with Google are making actual DMCA claims, which is a formal legal process and opens the claimant up to potential liability. False claims are perjury. And by affecting Google search results on a large enough scale, they are hurting Google’s business. Those sites getting taken down abelong to current or potenti customers.

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• MossyFeathers@pawb.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Nah, they don’t lose any money that way. They only potentially lose money when stuff gets taken down; when false DMCAs are submitted on YouTube videos, the videos usually stay up, the money just gets sent to a scammer instead of the YouTuber.

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