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Lessig on Viacom v. Google

Lawrence Lessig has an op-ed on the pending Viacom v. Google case. He notes that Google and YouTube are protected by Title II of the DMCA, which puts the burden of policing copyrights on the copyright holder, a seemingly fair trade for the absolutely draconian enforcement measures copyright holders are granted in the DMCA. But Viacom is essentially ignoring that provision of the statute and is asking the courts to change the law.

This is dangerous precedent.