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arrrg on Aug 28, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Major Labels Claim Copyright Over Public Domain So...

YouTube’s content takedown system isn’t running on DMCA requests. It’s just a private agreement between YouTube and the labels: You don’t sue us and we give you the power to disable any song you own immediately without having to go through us.

Maybe the contract between YouTube and the labels contains punishments for labels wrongfully disabling songs they don’t own – but I very much doubt that.

blahedo on Aug 29, 2012 [–]

> You don’t sue us and we give you the power to disable any song you choose immediately without having to go through us.

There, I fixed that for you.

jamesbritt on Aug 29, 2012 | [–]

There, I fixed that for you.

Please don't do that.

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