Although I agree with your statements concerning matters of which you describe, such as people downloading music illegally, this is not what the discussion is about.
The reason they clearly demonstrate they are not responsible enough to have such power over the internet is because this is a case of a content creator removing content they do not own. It does not matter the reasoning behind it, whether it be DMCA or private agreement with Google.
Going after people for illegal downloading their property is one thing, automatically removing content they don't like is another.
Plus, they have the lousy reasoning behind the whole thing anyway, "we're protected by the DMCA even though we admit this has nothing to do with the DMCA".
Which, I'm uncomfortable with the whole notion of content creators being involved in this in the first place. If the actions being taken by people are "illegal" then the private company should be reporting it to the proper authorities who have the, well, authority to do something about it. But then again, lately the people with authority have shown they are just as incompetent in handling these matters as well.
The reason they clearly demonstrate they are not responsible enough to have such power over the internet is because this is a case of a content creator removing content they do not own. It does not matter the reasoning behind it, whether it be DMCA or private agreement with Google.
Going after people for illegal downloading their property is one thing, automatically removing content they don't like is another.
Plus, they have the lousy reasoning behind the whole thing anyway, "we're protected by the DMCA even though we admit this has nothing to do with the DMCA".
Which, I'm uncomfortable with the whole notion of content creators being involved in this in the first place. If the actions being taken by people are "illegal" then the private company should be reporting it to the proper authorities who have the, well, authority to do something about it. But then again, lately the people with authority have shown they are just as incompetent in handling these matters as well.