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		dangrossman on June 18, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: YouTube’s Piracy Filter Blocks MIT Courses, Blende... Prior to the DMCA, ISPs had full liability for copyright infringement committed by their customers online. Small ISPs were being sued out of existence, and it was only a matter of time before nobody would be willing to run an ISP at all. The DMCA (specifically Section 512) was the thing that saved the free and open internet by introducing limited liability for ISPs.

reificator on June 19, 2018 [–]

That's fair and I don't want to downplay that aspect. But that's not the only thing the DMCA does.

jimbo999 on June 19, 2018 | [–]

for balance

https://www.wired.com/2008/10/ten-years-later/

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