Reply to post: Re: Takedown doesn't work

US court decision will destroy the internet, roar Google, Facebook et al

DropBear

Re: Takedown doesn't work

"Shouldn't the law read more along the lines of there being clear civil penalties for publishing copyright infringing content. Damages commensurate with expected reasonable earnings for said infringement."

NO.

It should not.

Not before asserting one single copyright takedown claim in error results in many years of prison sentence for the claimant and years of barring from making any further claims for his business.

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