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TV Networks Don't Want DMCA Protection For YouTube

sburch79 writes "A brief filed in the Viacom v. Google case asserts that the DMCA Safe Harbor provisions were never meant to apply to sites like YouTube. It also goes on to say the if safe harbor were given to these sites, it would put too big a burden on networks to police their own material."

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  1. Hahahahahahaha by Eudial · · Score: 5, Funny

    Hahahahahahahahaha *gasp* I just read the hahahahahahah TFA hahahhahaha *gasp* So there's this lawyer right hahahahahahah, and he argues hahahahahahahhahahahahahah *gasp* that the law should be enforced according to the spirit of the law, instead of the exact word! hahahahahahahhahahaha!

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    GAAH! MY PRINTER IS ON FIRE!!! PUT IT OUT! PUT IT OUT!
  2. Re:With great power comes great responsibility by nlawalker · · Score: 5, Funny

    it is generally not the responsibility of somebody else to make sure that material they are not responsible for does not wind up in places it doesn't belong.

    Actually, this is a great idea. Let's make every YouTube user responsible for policing themselves. If they upload infringing material, they can issue themselves a takedown request, respond to themselves with a fair use claim, and then sue themselves for copyright infringement. Look how streamlined this makes the process: The publishers won't have to lift a finger! They should be paying me for coming up with such great ideas.

  3. Re:Boo Hoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Agreed. Hear that sound? That's the sound of the world's tiniest violin playing the saddest song in the world.

    Careful, that song is probably copyrighted.

  4. Re:Boo Hoo by Fnord666 · · Score: 4, Funny
    As my 13 year old daughter says:

    cry me a river
    build me a bridge
    and get over it.

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    'The tyrant will always find pretext for his tyranny.' - Aesop's Fables
  5. Re:With great power comes great responsibility by fustakrakich · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...litigation is cheaper and easier than innovation.

    Yeah, there oughta be a law against that..

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    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  6. Re:Boo Hoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    > Waaaah. Cry me a freaking river

    Watch out, you may get sued from copyright holders of "Cry Me A River" by Julie London.

  7. Re:575? by Romberg · · Score: 3, Funny

    gah, let me try again:

    cry me a river
    build me a bridge shore to shore
    and get over it

  8. Re:Boo Hoo by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Warner Music would like to speak with you regarding your performances of Happy Birthday.

  9. Re:tough shit by Opportunist · · Score: 4, Funny

    Holy lawsuit, Batman, the downloaders could balance the budget!

    Keep downloading, people! Your country needs you, now more than ever!

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