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But if Google's lawyers took a stance on this, they could use precedent to set defined rules for what actually counts as fair use and all these claimants would be fucked.


Or they could lose. Courts don’t like it when someone games fair use.


Google doesn't get to decide what counts as fair use.


Right, but the contentID system essentially _is_ them deciding what fair use is.


Content ID seems more like forced arbitrage clauses - essentially a way to preempt and prevent people from using the legal system.




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