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  1. Since the video's back up, it sounds like Content ID claims never go through official DMCA channels.

  2. Re:Payback on Fox 'Stole' a Game Clip, Used It In Family Guy and DMCA'd the Original (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Nintendo has been stealing/claiming ad revenue for recently made gameplay videos. I wouldn't draw any attention to myself if I was hosting a Nintendo gameplay video.

  3. The software is sure that they own the copyright, because it was programmed like that, so why shouldn't Fox get hit with a penalty if they're using that software knowingly?

    It's called plausible deniability. If they don't verify it before filing, they can legally claim ignorance. That's what needs to be fixed in the law. If you use an automated tool, you should be required to make an attempt at due diligence before you can come back later and claim ignorance.

  4. Re:Ok, why? on Fox 'Stole' a Game Clip, Used It In Family Guy and DMCA'd the Original (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 4, Interesting

    Don't want to awaken the beast (Nintendo). Nintendo has been issuing their claims on gameplay videos and taking all the ad revenue.

  5. and just refuse to take down the ALLEGEDLY "offending" video until a COURT ORDER is issued.... I could care less what the DMCA STATUTE says. The Constitution trumps all.

    Sure, but then you lose your safe harbor protection under DMCA. Youtube would be getting prosecuted for copyright infringement rather than the video poster. Youtube is not going to take on that liability for any reason.

  6. Re:Ok, why? on Fox 'Stole' a Game Clip, Used It In Family Guy and DMCA'd the Original (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    If it wasn't Youtube's own Content ID system, FOX could probably be sued for issuing a false takedown notice. Maybe they still could. Hiring a hit man makes you no less guilty of murder.

  7. Re:who doesn't like hyperbole? on India Records Its Hottest Day Ever As Temperature Hits 51C (123.8F) (theguardian.com) · · Score: 1

    The old record was getting a bit brittle after 60 years. Indeed brittle enough to shatter.

  8. Re:Truly Epically Dumb to Destroy It on Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? · · Score: 1

    First, it might expire

    Current smallpox vaccine is stored freeze-dried and has a shelf life of 10+ years.

  9. Re: Truly Epically Dumb to Destroy It on Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? · · Score: 1

    Of course, that could be done just fine by sequencing it now and saving the results for later. That doesn't mean you wouldn't need live smallpox to help develop a new vaccine instead of cowpox - that might be needed.

  10. Re: Truly Epically Dumb to Destroy It on Why Don't Scientists Kill The 'Demon In The Freezer'? · · Score: 1

    Current smallpox vaccine is made from cowpox. An engineered form might need something that's a closer match to be effective.

  11. Re:Most Adhesives are Carcinogenic on Google Patents Self-Driving Car That Glues Pedestrians To The Hood In A Crash (cnn.com) · · Score: 1

    Is there going to be a big label on the car warning about the dangers of touching it?

    They are based in the state of California.

  12. Or literally rip their face off when combined with the momentum.

  13. Re:Strong enough for a man, made for a woman on Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 1

    It's just a review. You can read it and decide for yourself if it has any value. There's no harm in it being posted.

  14. Re:Strong enough for a man, made for a woman on Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 2

    Seeing a lot of negative individual scores would tell you that. The fact that it brings down the average for the aggregate number tells you almost nothing at all. That number doesn't factor the value of a review into its weighting.

    And what I get from this is that men are responding to the advertising for the show and tuning in. Which is possibly a failure in advertising, if they are attracting people who won't like the show.

  15. Re:Strong enough for a man, made for a woman on Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    When deciding to watch a show, I don't see a warning that says "The following program contains content intended for women. Viewer discretion is advised." I decide to watch a show on its own merit. Whether I do or don't like it, I probably wouldn't review it. But for the people that do, a review is just a review. Who is doing the reviewing is almost as telling as what the review says. Aggregating those scores to get a "number" that's supposed to be meaningful is the big mistake.

  16. Strong enough for a man, made for a woman on Men Are Sabotaging The Online Reviews Of TV Shows Aimed At Women (fivethirtyeight.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Just because someone's not your intended audience, doesn't mean a review from them isn't fair or valuable. If it was better TV, it might have favorable ratings across the board. And most, if not all TV programming is very pandery and not very quality.

  17. Re:Selective throttling on Netflix Launches Fast.com To Show How Fast Your Internet Connection Really Is (venturebeat.com) · · Score: 4, Informative

    I'm pretty sure Google's Public DNS uses anycast IP addresses. Meaning you'll probably still get the closest server in the results. A lot of CDNs do the same thing.

  18. Re:It's obvious Youtube is abusive on YouTube Is Guilty Of Criminal Racketeering, Grammy Winner Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    Okay, but you still haven't said what you think YouTube should do.

    If the owner of the video is signed up for revenue sharing, the comments here seem to indicate that flagged video revenue is kept by Youtube or sent to the copyright owner, even after the DMCA claim is resolved in favor of the video owner. A correction of that is one step in the right direction.

    Also, I don't think individual content owners (aka "the little guy") can sign up for content ID.

  19. Re:Why does this matter? on Backblaze Releases Billion-Hour Hard Drive Reliability Report (extremetech.com) · · Score: 2

    They were still using 3TB Seagates in their last report (Q4 2015). They discontinued all use of them as a result of their findings.

  20. Re: Why does this matter? on Backblaze Releases Billion-Hour Hard Drive Reliability Report (extremetech.com) · · Score: 1

    They also intentionally broke RAID functionality to force you to buy their more expensive drives. I used one or two in a RAID anyway after correcting all the firmware settings, but it still caused problems.

  21. Re:It's obvious Youtube is abusive on YouTube Is Guilty Of Criminal Racketeering, Grammy Winner Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    I think you're really stretching here to try to make YouTube out as the bad guy

    I've been clear that this is due to the way DMCA is set up. Youtube is just making money off of the bad situation.

    Content ID breaks fair use. I would never sign up for Content ID and have innocent videos flagged. That's also bad.

  22. Re:It's obvious Youtube is abusive on YouTube Is Guilty Of Criminal Racketeering, Grammy Winner Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    That's not compensation. That's just stopping Youtube from making additional money off the content. At the end of the takedown, the only person who made any money is Youtube.

  23. Re:Safe Harbor and ContentID on YouTube Is Guilty Of Criminal Racketeering, Grammy Winner Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 3, Insightful

    The lack of fines/punishment for huge numbers of false or fraudulent takedown notices. The law incentivizes false claims and claims against fair use. There's no harm in trying to flag whatever you want.

  24. Re:It's obvious Youtube is abusive on YouTube Is Guilty Of Criminal Racketeering, Grammy Winner Says (torrentfreak.com) · · Score: 1

    It's a bit of a split conscience. On the one hand, fair use content should never be flagged. On the other, making ad money off of someone else's work without any way to get fair compensation isn't great either.

  25. Re:If it weighs the same as a duck... on Microsoft Releases Big 'Convenience Rollup' Update For Windows 7 · · Score: 1

    And that's been most of what a service pack is since XP.