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0 pointsDaiPlusPlus4y ago0 comments

> there are no legal consequences for false DMCA strikes

On the contrary: filing a false DMCA takedown notice opens you up to perjury.

...even if no-one has been prosecuted yet: https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/51541/has-anyone-bee...

Instead what happens is media-companies strong-arm content-hosting companies (YouTube, etc) to let them file informal takedown notices that don't open themselves up to perjury with much weaker protections for innocent people caught up in the collateral damage - what does YouTube etc get from it? I suspect it's something they agreed to do to sweeten their deal to keep Vevo and other brands' content mirrored on YouTube.

0 pointsDaiPlusPlus4y ago0 comments

> there are no legal consequences for false DMCA strikes

On the contrary: filing a false DMCA takedown notice opens you up to perjury.

...even if no-one has been prosecuted yet: https://law.stackexchange.com/questions/51541/has-anyone-bee...

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thaumasiotes4y ago· 4 in thread

> what happens is media-companies strong-arm content-hosting companies (YouTube, etc) to let them file informal takedown notices

Disney market cap: $315 billion

Revenue in 2019: $70 billion

Alphabet market cap: $1,700 billion

Revenue in 2019: $162 billion

What manner of "strong-arming" did you have in mind?

ohyeshedid4y ago

The kind that starts with Disney pulling all its advertising from Google. Companies this size move a lot of money between them, and that becomes leverage in pissing matches.

coliveira4y ago

Disney may be smaller than Google, but they have a stronghold on media legislation. When it comes to media content, they know how to move the judicial system in their favor.

Hnrobert424y ago

They aren’t going head-to-head like sumo wrestlers.

thaumasiotes4y ago

How are they going head-to-head? The whole idea of strong-arming is that you compel someone to do something by being stronger than they are. If that's not what's happening here, then what's happening here needs to be described some other way.

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smt884y ago

As I said, there are no legal consequences.

I would say the same even if the company were prosecuted and fined a tolerably small amount of money (which could easily be millions for these types of firms).

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