They're only required to take stuff down in response to DMCA claims.
They have absolutely no obligation for their alternate process to treat claims as valid until proven false.
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LufyCZ@lemmy.world 10 months agoAnd they’re pretty much required to take things down, it prevents them from being liable. After that, the uploader can challenge this decision, and if the claimer doesn’t back down, it goes to court.
Unfortunately, claimers are currently not required to provide any proof, nor are they required to pay for any legal costs (at least not upfront), so it’s just simpler for the uploader to take the L.
conciselyverbose@kbin.social 10 months ago
Voroxpete@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
This is the key issue; the DMCA provides basically no penalty for making false claims. The natural choice is to claim everything and see who fights you.
LufyCZ@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yep, agreed, that’s the worst thing about it. Makes sense more or less otherwise.
Rodeo@lemmy.ca 10 months ago
We should start a brigade to issue DMCA takedowns for every Disney video on YouTube.