>YouTube and Twitter simply have no bone to pick with them and would rather stay out of the fight by complying without objections.
Which is fine, they wish to operate a legal business. But they are going out of their way to create their own system that is more stringent than the law.
>TL;DR: A half page automated email from a content owner has to be acted on expeditiously, can only be overturned with a lawsuit, and there's no penalty for abusing the system.
Per the outline in Wikipedia, Alice does not need to file a lawsuit to get the material reinstated, only send a counterclaim letter, similar to the claim letter sent by the content holder. If the content holder wishes to contest further, they must file a lawsuit, otherwise after 14 days the material may be put back up.
>there's no penalty for abusing the system.
No and that is a problem.
I am not very familiar with the red flag system and there did not seem to be a good description at a glance. My guess would be that if your system is used/ is promoted as enabling infringement, then you may be liable. Like MegaUpload was.
The reason that Youtube and Twitter go above and beyond the law is simple, it gives them more power and they view being content owners as their next step so they are doing what they can to consolidate power on that front. We should not give them a pass for this behavior.
Which is fine, they wish to operate a legal business. But they are going out of their way to create their own system that is more stringent than the law.
>TL;DR: A half page automated email from a content owner has to be acted on expeditiously, can only be overturned with a lawsuit, and there's no penalty for abusing the system.
Per the outline in Wikipedia, Alice does not need to file a lawsuit to get the material reinstated, only send a counterclaim letter, similar to the claim letter sent by the content holder. If the content holder wishes to contest further, they must file a lawsuit, otherwise after 14 days the material may be put back up.
>there's no penalty for abusing the system.
No and that is a problem.
I am not very familiar with the red flag system and there did not seem to be a good description at a glance. My guess would be that if your system is used/ is promoted as enabling infringement, then you may be liable. Like MegaUpload was.
The reason that Youtube and Twitter go above and beyond the law is simple, it gives them more power and they view being content owners as their next step so they are doing what they can to consolidate power on that front. We should not give them a pass for this behavior.