What bothers me about DMCA the most is the lack of due process. In the US, one would think more than any place else you have the right to a lengthy trial before have a right stripped away.
Both political parties in the USA regularly chip away at our rights in the ever on going battle to capture more votes from extreme positions or 'bring the usa in line with international (read european) standards', in this case WIPO.
How this Christmas gift was ever given to the RIAA is mind blowing.
> How this Christmas gift was ever given to the RIAA is mind blowing.
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I think this is a part of a bigger issue. 1st amendment protects citizens from government censorship. DMCA creates a loophole where the govt isn't deciding what to censor, they are merely enforcing compliance of what a corporation wants to censor, sidestepping any 1A defense.
This means ultimately either platforms arbitrate, or the receiving party has to sue, either way it's chilling.
> In the US, one would think more than any place else you have the right to a lengthy trial before have a right stripped away.
No rights has been stripped away, you can still go the lengthy trial way if that's what you want to.
Respecting the DMCA is a way for the platform to avoid the lengthy trial process, because first, they don't care about your content, and second, because it's an incredibly expensive process.
The beauty in the DMCA system too is that you can file a counter claims, sadly not all platform make it easy to do so, but that just show how much they care about your content. I heard that Github allow to and that it's not too hard.
Both political parties in the USA regularly chip away at our rights in the ever on going battle to capture more votes from extreme positions or 'bring the usa in line with international (read european) standards', in this case WIPO.
How this Christmas gift was ever given to the RIAA is mind blowing.