alt Hacker NewsYoutube can have a better system by having it be straight DMCA, such that claimants have to actually submit DMCA claims that can be counterclaimed.
the currently parallel system avoids claimants being held responsible for false claims
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> Youtube can have a better system by having it be straight DMCA, such that claimants have to actually submit DMCA claims that can be counterclaimed.
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NO, IT CAN'T.
The next Viacom would then claim that YT was violating / not fulfilling their Safe Harbor duties, resulting in ANOTHER stupid lawsuit.
A failure to make Safe Harbor bulletproof WILL continue to allow these cancerous lawsuits to exist. The Funko DMCA dumpster fire that resulted in itch.io's website being taken down is the most recent example of this, as they went after the domain registrars for ALLEGEDLY not fulfilling their Safe Harbor duties.
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I'm not aware of an instance of DMCA bullying resulting in the claimant being held responsible. Do you know of any?