Flying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agoA fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and it’s not clear YouTube can stop himwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up124arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up121arrow-down1external-linkA fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and it’s not clear YouTube can stop himwww.theverge.comFlying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 1 month agomessage-square7fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoDoesn’t this force Google to do something though? If there’s loads of spam fake takedowns, it should eventually force their hand.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 month agoNope. There’s no penalty to them for processing likely-invalid DMCA notices. There is civil liability to the person filing false notices, but any enforcement is unlikely.
minus-squarewarm@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoNo penalty legally, but if popular videos start getting taken down, that’s cutting into their ad revenue.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 month agoYouTube’s? I don’t think they’d even notice if this one channel went away entirely.
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 month agoNo. YT can take things down and their legal responsibility ends. Right or wrong, it’s legally safe. So they DGAF.
Doesn’t this force Google to do something though? If there’s loads of spam fake takedowns, it should eventually force their hand.
Nope. There’s no penalty to them for processing likely-invalid DMCA notices. There is civil liability to the person filing false notices, but any enforcement is unlikely.
No penalty legally, but if popular videos start getting taken down, that’s cutting into their ad revenue.
YouTube’s? I don’t think they’d even notice if this one channel went away entirely.
No. YT can take things down and their legal responsibility ends. Right or wrong, it’s legally safe. So they DGAF.