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YouTube's copyright controls have been a constant sore spot for creators for years at this point. YouTube/Google seems uninterested in addressing the problems. It seems that improvement is either imperceptibly small or just outright doesn't exist.

What will it actually take for this to improve? Copyright legislation (e.g., DMCA) roll back or alteration? Content creators and/or viewers leaving the platform over it? Something else?

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Many-trillion dollar lawsuits similar to what media cartels threaten them with if they don't implement highly abusive mass takedown systems with little to no oversight.

It might be enough to just have a class action lawsuit against Google requiring them to actually follow the actual DMCA process.

As long as there is no viable alternative to YouTube, Google has zero incentive of improving the situation. The current system works for Google, with no downside for them thanks to their monopolistic grasp on the market.

>What will it actually take for this to improve?

Mass, coordinated DCMA takedown notices against disney and other parties that designed DCMA.

For max impact, a mix of legit & fake DCMA notices should be used.

>What will it actually take for this to improve?

People willing to pay for content.

One one extreme, you will have YouTube and it’s user generated content and ads and the huge moderation costs.

On the other is professionally produced content, like Comcast, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, Disney, etc.

It may or may not be economically viable to have an option in the middle, or at least it has not been so far. Vimeo is the only one that came close to making it work, as far as I know.

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