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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."
You are an asshat, if only for the style of your post.
Viacom (and other media companies) are being unreasonable because they issue DMCA takedown notices for things they don't even own, as well as parodies and other protected speech. Youtube is already going above and beyond what they're legally required to do (which is obey DMCA notices), and they've got various pieces of software to help automate looking for copyright infringements. The media is damn lucky Google has chosen to do what it has. Doing more would just be ridiculous for Google/Youtube.
It is pitch black. You are likely to be eaten by a grue.
you can't point this out and not be a douche bag, too.