[bdowling]

> platform owners are too scared to get within half a mile of where the actual line is drawn.

This. Then the tech news and commentators on HN, etc., get agitated and complain about IP rights as if the actual lines are drawn where the scared platform owners think they are.

[username90]

Yet another reason to reign in the freedom of platforms, as you say they aren't following the law they make their own laws that are much more hostile to the little guy.

[bdowling]

> Yet another reason to reign in the freedom of platforms

Forcing platforms to host material that may, arguably infringe copyrights or trademarks isn’t a solution.

What’s needed are bright-line rules for determining fair use. Bright-line rules, however, are basically impossible for all but the simplest cases. Most cases are far too nuanced or deal with novel uses.

[erik_seaberg]

(It’s “rein in,” like a horse.)