https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2018/05/bittersweet-dmca-safe-harbor-defense-win-in-ninth-circuit-ventura-v-motherless-catch-up-post.htm Sat, 25 May 2019 00:05:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2018/05/bittersweet-dmca-safe-harbor-defense-win-in-ninth-circuit-ventura-v-motherless-catch-up-post.htm#comment-2114 Thu, 24 May 2018 22:10:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=18446#comment-2114 With an opinion like this, why would a site even bother reviewing for copyright infringement? Apparently it’s the copyright holders’ job to notice the website. I can see would still have to review to screen out child porn etc, since the safe harbor presumably doesn’t cover that, not to mention from business/brand reasons. But copyrighted material isn’t likely to turn off users. And scanning submissions for eg watermarks can expose the site to an inquiry about the level of the site’s knowledge of infringement. So isn’t the reasonable approach just to have some party screen for the illegal (non safe harbor) content and call it a day?

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