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Originally Posted by Paul Markham
If the mighty Google are not in a position to examine every claim. The solution is simple. Stop using "user uploads" and yes nextri Youtube is the publisher. If you send media to a person who distributes it, both of you are publishing.
This is very simple, if this law passes as is and Youtube or any other site can't afford to employ the people to make sure they stay withing the law, then the site comes down. No difference from any other business.
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I totally agree with you. Hosting providers and sites can't hide behind the "our users are responsible" argument, because the laws are very simple about it:
1) Copyright infringement is illegal
2) Assisting criminals and providing them with means to do what they do, is illegal too and might even make you part of a criminal organization
3) Every citizen is supposed to know the law
They want to provide surfers with a way to tube content, so it's them who are responsible for finding a method to prevent copyright violation.