Flying Squid to News • 2 months agoA fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and it’s not clear YouTube can stop himwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square6arrow-up175arrow-down15file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]games[email protected]
arrow-up170arrow-down1external-linkA fake Nintendo lawyer is scaring YouTubers, and it’s not clear YouTube can stop himwww.theverge.comFlying Squid to News • 2 months agomessage-square6file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]games[email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish8•2 months 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•2 months agoYouTube’s? I don’t think they’d even notice if this one channel went away entirely.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•2 months agoNo. YT can take things down and their legal responsibility ends. Right or wrong, it’s legally safe. So they DGAF.
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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.