Reading on I discovered the bias.
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Or, perhaps the DMCA is spared the lobbying efforts of large web properties because it doesn?t threaten them like SOPA does. The DMCA lets sites remain operating if they remove infringing content, whereas SOPA could shut them down if pirated material is present. In fact, in their letter expressing concern over SOPA, a consortium of service providers including Google, Twitter and Yahoo refer to the DMCA as an ?effective mechanism,? despite the burdens it puts upon them.
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Well that's not true. It's "If the site is dedicated to piracy." so this is plain wrong.
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Whatever the reason, though, the underlying problems with both laws stem from their lack of due process. When Google challenged that New Zealand law in 2009, it made a particularly sane suggestion for how to handle takedown requests: refer them to an independent judge who would evaluate the merits of each case and acknowledge the presence of any possible defenses. In the United States, perhaps that could be a job of the Copyright Office, which would serve as the middle man between infringement claims and service providers.
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And this is totally unpractical. If Google can't police their own sites on receipt of a DMCA. How many judges would be needed to police all the DMCA notices sent?
Obvious where the writers heart lies.