Yea probably, but let me re-read it first.

On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 2:47 PM, Alex Leavitt <[email protected]> wrote:

> Alex, is it possible to read a copy of that paper?
>
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> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Alex Kozak <[email protected]>wrote:
>
>> Yes, agreed. One of the claims I made in my research was that the
>> requirement to filter essentially eliminates the possibility of certain
>> business models that might be based on the fair use of copyrighted content.
>>
>> On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:51 PM, Kevin Driscoll 
>> <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> It is certainly unclear but my sense is the same as Adi and Alex's in
>>> part because of these two passages from s512:
>>>
>>> "A service provider shall not be liable [...]
>>> (1)(A) does not have actual knowledge that the material or activity is
>>> infringing;
>>> (B) in the absence of such actual knowledge, is not aware of facts or
>>> circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent; or
>>> (C) upon obtaining such knowledge or awareness, acts expeditiously to
>>> remove, or disable access to, the material;"
>>>
>>> and
>>>
>>> "(1) Accommodation of technology. — The limitations on liability
>>> established by this section shall apply to a service provider only if
>>> the service provider —
>>>
>>> (A) has adopted and reasonably implemented, and informs subscribers
>>> and account holders of the service provider's system or network of, a
>>> policy that provides for the termination in appropriate circumstances
>>> of subscribers and account holders of the service provider's system or
>>> network who are repeat infringers; and
>>>
>>> (B) accommodates and does not interfere with standard technical measures.
>>>
>>> (2) Definition. — As used in this subsection, the term “standard
>>> technical measures” means technical measures that are used by
>>> copyright owners to identify or protect copyrighted works and —"
>>>
>>> http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#512
>>>
>>> This sets up an lose-lose situation for Google between the needs of
>>> their users and the pressures the few large content industries. In
>>> sum, we might say that Google has done an OK job walking that
>>> tightrope - but the situation is a terrible one from the start.
>>>
>>> Driscoll
>>>
>>>
>>> > On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 12:11 PM, Kevin Donovan <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> I'm relatively ignorant on this, but isn't Google/YouTube not required
>>> by
>>> >> law to filter content? Don't they do so to appease studios that might
>>> be
>>> >> willing to partner with them formally? So, it wasn't the willingness
>>> to
>>> >> filter that won the case for them, but the DMCA which recognizes the
>>> >> inability to monitor, effectively, either through humans or
>>> algorithms, UGC,
>>> >> right?
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