Lawyers abused DCMA/Copyright, company initially complies, people notice it's not legit and complain, company then investigates and fixes it. The system works, that's still 99%+ uptime. Not even a bad outcome.
The only question I have now - what happens to the Vox lawyers for the BS overreach? Censure? Sanctions? Nothing?
Lawyers abused DCMA/Copyright, company initially complies, people notice it's not legit and complain, company then investigates and fixes it. The system works, that's still 99%+ uptime. Not even a bad outcome.
But it's still a bad system -- it was a Verge editor that asked for the strike to be rescinded -- if not for that (which was surely only due to perceived bad publicity), then what would have happened?
Shaming DMCA abusers into backing down doesn't sound like a reasonable policy.
Actually the victim complained on Twitter to YouTube, and YouTube emailed The Verge about the strike. The Verge then claimed that they fixed it on their own when they became aware of it and had not had any contact with YouTube, which is demonstrably false.
So... the distributed eyeball system works? (Score:0)
Lawyers abused DCMA/Copyright, company initially complies, people notice it's not legit and complain, company then investigates and fixes it. The system works, that's still 99%+ uptime. Not even a bad outcome.
The only question I have now - what happens to the Vox lawyers for the BS overreach? Censure? Sanctions? Nothing?
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Lawyers abused DCMA/Copyright, company initially complies, people notice it's not legit and complain, company then investigates and fixes it. The system works, that's still 99%+ uptime. Not even a bad outcome.
But it's still a bad system -- it was a Verge editor that asked for the strike to be rescinded -- if not for that (which was surely only due to perceived bad publicity), then what would have happened?
Shaming DMCA abusers into backing down doesn't sound like a reasonable policy.
Re:So... the distributed eyeball system works? (Score:2)
Actually the victim complained on Twitter to YouTube, and YouTube emailed The Verge about the strike. The Verge then claimed that they fixed it on their own when they became aware of it and had not had any contact with YouTube, which is demonstrably false.