Flying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 5 days agoA fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and it’s not clear YouTube can stop himwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up175arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
arrow-up170arrow-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 · 5 days agomessage-square6fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: games@lemmy.world
minus-squareSwordgeek@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up52·5 days agoThis keeps getting reposted, and it’s bullshit. Of COURSE Google can do something! They can actually validate claims before acting om them, but thay would require responsibility on their part. Fuck Google.
minus-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·4 days 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-squarecatloaf@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 days agoYouTube’s? I don’t think they’d even notice if this one channel went away entirely.
minus-squareorcrist@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 days agoNo. YT can take things down and their legal responsibility ends. Right or wrong, it’s legally safe. So they DGAF.
This keeps getting reposted, and it’s bullshit.
Of COURSE Google can do something! They can actually validate claims before acting om them, but thay would require responsibility on their part.
Fuck Google.
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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.
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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.