Copyright madness: YouTube seems to doubt whether Shakespeare is in the public domain – Walled Culture
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This extraordinary saga of takedown notices for performances of Shakespeare show that 27 years after it was passed, the DMCA is still not fit for purpose. The companies like Google that are tasked with implementing it often do so in the most desultory way. There is an underlying assumption that claimed infringements are valid, an injustice compound by an arrogant indifference to the rights of ordinary citizens who find themselves caught up in a complex copyright system that is stacked against them.

  • slazer2auEnglish
    2•22 hours ago

    I doubt google are in on it. What is far more likely is google developed the reporting system in collaboration with copywriters to make it easy to lodge a complaint.

    Also those copywriters are the same groups who also happens to be advertising on the platform.

    They are a victim of their success (acquisition) with YT being beholden to advertisers.