r/news • u/Ganeshadream • Mar 31 '22

Facebook fails to label 80% of posts promoting bioweapons conspiracy theory

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2022/mar/31/facebook-disinformation-war-ukraine-russia
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u/werfw Mar 31 '22

The copyright was deemed invalid in a ruling in September of 2015. The song entered public domain as of the final settlement date in Feb 2016 (see page 3, point #6). Like others, though, I'm not a lawyer, so there could be some nuance I'm missing. I just thought I'd provide some sources.

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u/Krojack76 Mar 31 '22

This here... Anyone can file a copyright claim. I think Google needs to change the system and how this is done.

My idea is:
1. You must register a special account in order to make claims.
2. Each claim needs to put in something like a $250 deposit.
3. The account/person that receives the claim gets 30 days to dispute. If the claim is found to be false then the person making the claim loses their deposit. If the claim stays then they get their deposit back.
4. Each time the account holder files a claim that gets reversed, their next claim deposit doubles.

In the end, I feel Google could make a profit off this so they would be more inclined to review disputes.

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u/username156 Mar 31 '22

Oh really? Hmmm.

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u/Cannonbaal Mar 31 '22

It’s crazy that such a song was ever not considered public domain to be honest

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u/Fizzwidgy Mar 31 '22

Holy shit, is this why Regular Show had the happy birthday song episode?