Maybe what Josh wants is dropping more soap on his kiwi buddiesso to give a understanding of this a little bit better I’ll give you an example.
Currently the way DMCA and copywrite works in the US is like this.
You are a Company with a copywrite claim. You will have to submit a takedown notice with the website owner. By Law, the owner does not have to deal with it unless the owner is the one being accused. So what normally happens is that a website may temporarily takedown that alleged Copywrited work and inform the person who broke this DMCA that he must handle his affairs before re-submitting. ...submitting.
This is how Youtube Works. They just “pass it along”
If the person decides to fight you on this itll be in a civil matter over Fair Use and Copywrite where a Judge will hear your sides and make a decision. If the person is found breaking DMCA they are usually fined and told never to copywrite infringe again or else. If you are found wrong and its Fair Use you pay the court fees and may be at fault for emotional or financial damages to the accused.
Normally companies like Nintendo and Movie publishers do not pursue DMCA unless its a guarantee win for them and by win I mean brutally winning and demanding huge fines or punishment.
However for smaller disputes its seen as a simple fee and a warning. Most of it is handled by a civil court unless the infringement leads into trafficking goods etc.
What Josh wants is this
You as a company see someone posting your content. You take all that information to a federal court and show them you own that work 100%. The judge will grant you some kind of federal paperwork that says you are the owner and the government acknowledges it. Than you go to that guy with this new court appointment and the website its on and basically say “the US government agrees with me. Comply or else”. If Fair Use is cited itd be taken to a criminal courthouse and left up to a criminal judge to decide that. If you win, that guy may face prison time or probation and fines and programs to make sure he understands how copywrite works. However that person citing fair use will have to argue against you and the government instead of just you and him in a civil court.
It absolutely would change how 230 and fair use operate. Its extremely retarded




