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0 pointsolliej7y ago0 comments

Why would it be YouTube’s job? Someone has claimed ownership and is now making profit on it - that (to me a non lawyer expect same behavior from the legal system ;) ) seems like it would be a standard copyright violation :D

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jtbayly7y ago

If YouTube is unwilling to pass along the information, as the parent says, then who are you going to file suit against? You’ll have to sue an unknown person and get a court order to get YouTube to turn over the person’s name. That’s an expensive start to aprocess with an unknown end. Isn’t it even possible the person isn’t in the US? Then you’ve thrown away your money.

CPLX7y ago

It’s really not that hard to do. People do sometimes overestimate how hard it is to do basic legal tasks.

Filing a simple John Doe summons in your home jurisdiction and then sending a subpoena to YouTube for the offending contact information is pretty trivial. You could probably find someone to do it for you for a thousand bucks or less.

Admittedly that’s not free but in a context like this with real money at stake it’s not a huge obstacle.

Andre6077y ago

And what do you do when you go through all of that time and effort (and potential expense) and get the very likely outcome that the claimant is not in your home jurisdiction?

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greenyoda7y ago

Even if the defendant is in the U.S., they may have no significant income or assets from which you could recover damages or legal fees.

coding1237y ago

A lot of people have personal liability umbrella policies... However probably not the kinds of people that would do this.

Why have we made it so easy for crime in this country.

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