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That would be pretty great for her (or her lawyer), perfect opportunity to sue Google for posting her copyrighted stuff and making money off of it.



Then Google would have to block the sound on all the videos that use her music. That would be a lot of collateral damage.


Actually, it would be bad for YouTube users and that would violate YouTube's own claim that she can't selectively choose just the Content ID system based on their "all-or-nothing" proposition.


The DMCA protects Google.


Not if you have specific knowledge of infringing material being uploaded because you SCAN IT WHILE its being uploaded with Content-id and it so happens you already have content-id signatures of this artists work.


What a mess.




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