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Internet Archive's big battle with music publishers ends in settlement

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335 points coloneltcb | 4 comments | 15 Sep 25 22:34 UTC | HN request time: 0.644s | source
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tokai ◴[19 Sep 25 14:04 UTC] No.45301814[source]▶
There is so much pirated material on Internet Archive. They have so many movies with titles directly from the warez groups. I don't think they are done getting in trouble sadly.
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1. pbhjpbhj ◴[19 Sep 25 16:13 UTC] No.45303337[source]▶
Google appear to host loads of infringing works (both as files and in YouTube) ... surely for both them and IA they're protected as long as they take down in response to properly formed and evidenced DMCA requests?

Unless you're suggesting this isn't user uploaded but is being put there by staff?

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2. charcircuit ◴[19 Sep 25 16:59 UTC] No.45303893[source]▶
The suggestion is that the staff know that there is infringing material being hosted. Youtube can point to the billions of dollars they've invested into building content id, continually working to resolve the problem.
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3. fckgw ◴[19 Sep 25 18:41 UTC] No.45304969[source]▶
YouTube has built a whole content ID and revenue sharing agreements as a direct result of getting sued nearly into oblivion by numerous organizations. Most "infringing works" on YouTube are permitted under an agreement laying out revenue sharing with the rights holder, and if not, is flagged and taken down when found.

None of that is in place with IA and I fear their laissez-faire attitude in this current climate is gonna bite them in the ass.

4. pbhjpbhj ◴[20 Sep 25 09:31 UTC] No.45311790[source]▶
This is interesting, because Youtube staff know they're infringing too -- the expense is something that IA can't afford, but they then get to claim they're doing something. A shield of money. And why does Youtube have all that money; in part because of historic copyright infringement.