But surely that doesn't prevent liability? It just makes it even more systematic?
You'd sue in some creator-friendly jurisdiction and say something like that 'Youtube's effectively co-operating with fraudsters who use false copyright strikes in this or that way, possibly to save money, possibly to avoid liability in other jurisdiction, but they do it'.
If the friendly jurisdiction was the Swedish one you'd say that this avoidance of liability in other jurisdictions etc. was Youtube's gain and the economic harm or loss was your actual loss of revenue, and then the judges, even though it's not law would start thinking about all the problems and social harm from this, and then judge in your favour. Apparently in Swedish law negligence is enough for fraud, and given all these complaints and videos etc. it would be easy to prove negligence.
This kind of thing also falls within allmänt åtal, so in theory a private lawsuit shouldn't actually be required, so in principle it shouldn't matter that you might have an agreement to settle disputes through some special procedure. This kind of negligence is simply crime, crime that you can go to prison for.
Davie504 is great. Humor is subjective, of course, and his vibe is not so far from the reaction/personality slop that engages younger viewers. But he’s a great player, quite funny, and a genuine guy - check out his bass battles.
It takes a lot of work to put that stuff together, and he gets a lot of views, so I assume he’s got a whole team behind him…all of whom get impacted by his channel being threatened.
YouTube never uses humans to make these decisions to avoid legal liability if they make mistakes.
They do have a 'content id' automated system that only certain users representing big IP holders are allowed to use.
Instead all claims are made and resolved by the users, with a court of law being the ultimate decision maker.
But surely that doesn't prevent liability? It just makes it even more systematic?
You'd sue in some creator-friendly jurisdiction and say something like that 'Youtube's effectively co-operating with fraudsters who use false copyright strikes in this or that way, possibly to save money, possibly to avoid liability in other jurisdiction, but they do it'.
If the friendly jurisdiction was the Swedish one you'd say that this avoidance of liability in other jurisdictions etc. was Youtube's gain and the economic harm or loss was your actual loss of revenue, and then the judges, even though it's not law would start thinking about all the problems and social harm from this, and then judge in your favour. Apparently in Swedish law negligence is enough for fraud, and given all these complaints and videos etc. it would be easy to prove negligence.
This kind of thing also falls within allmänt åtal, so in theory a private lawsuit shouldn't actually be required, so in principle it shouldn't matter that you might have an agreement to settle disputes through some special procedure. This kind of negligence is simply crime, crime that you can go to prison for.
The sad part, we knew for a long time this is not how it should be.
https://simonwillison.net/2025/Feb/3/a-computer-can-never-be...
Davie504 is great. Humor is subjective, of course, and his vibe is not so far from the reaction/personality slop that engages younger viewers. But he’s a great player, quite funny, and a genuine guy - check out his bass battles.
It takes a lot of work to put that stuff together, and he gets a lot of views, so I assume he’s got a whole team behind him…all of whom get impacted by his channel being threatened.