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by plerpin 2192 days ago
A mechanism for regulatory compliance will probably err on the side of less exposure to lawsuits. They're stuck between a rock and a hard place, but the demands imposed by the government for copyright compliance are backed by a bigger stick.

Don't kid yourself, any other commercially successful VOD platform will have the exact same problem. A startup might squeak by under the radar for a while, but as soon as it gets critical mass, it won't be long before it gets encumbered by all this regulatory "fun".
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the_pwner224 2192 days ago
> the demands imposed by the government for copyright compliance are backed by a bigger stick

Youtube's takedown process goes WAY beyond what the DMCA requires. Youtube is the bitch of / in bed with the big media companies.

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Wingy 2192 days ago
YouTube's Copyright System Isn't Broken. The World's Is. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Jwo5qc78QU

Edit: Oh someone already posted it here, sorry.

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CM30 2192 days ago
A centralised platform might have the same problem. A decentralised or federated one might not, since no one would have the power to remove anything.

Maybe also some blockchain based system where uploads are physically impossible to take down. That's going to be interesting to see the results for court case wise, just like it'll be if illegal content ends up on the Bitcoin one.

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plerpin 2192 days ago
A blockchain based storage system means that every participant will need to store every video forever in order to achieve consensus. If the blockchain uses URLs to external resources, then those can be easily be taken down.
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mirimir 2192 days ago
Right. But that'd be overkill. Torrents plus streaming apps do a decent job already. Why couldn't that expand to YT scale?
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