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View submission: Let's talk content. AMA.
Copyright infringement is handled via DMCA. If someone has a complaint the DMCA laws outline specific steps to take to remedy that and the person accused has a chance to respond in a clearly defined way.
Even though DMCA is a mess, I agree with you mostly. Better to try to balance the rights of the poster with the posted, seriously. At least then the average person has a chance against large companies that have lawyers sending threatening letters every day.
I do think the image / Imgur issue could have been better mitigated by more responsible users - that is, crediting creators and thereby helping to reduce the problem of orphan works[1].
1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orphan_works
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