Assessing copyright implications is not "easy". It's a lot of difficult work that involves specialized expertise, judgment calls, and risk assessment. There are complex areas and shades of grey: derivative works, fair use, copyrighted but licensed materials, etc.
The main thing you are trying to avoid is causing harm at a level where an infringement claim is justified. There are a lot of uses which might look like infringement to an algorithm but which are completely legitimate.
> Check the files for copyright if you create a sharing link for them.
I just ran through everything on my Google Drive. Thank goodness I don't use it for much, though I do pay for extra storage. I don't have anything shared with the world, and only have a few files shared with a handful of family members.
But will this protect me? What is Google's policy with regards to scanning — do they scan only shared files, or do they scan the full drive because content might become shared?
I honestly wonder if that is what is happening. This article wasn’t able to replicate, but perhaps making a public link to the file containing .DS_store would do it
We already know that Google is scanning all of the files in your account looking for kiddie porn, and has been for the past decade.
>a man [was] arrested on child pornography charges, after Google tipped off authorities about illegal images found in the Houston suspect's Gmail account
I license a photo for my website, upload to google cloud and create a sharing link to share with my web designer and the contractor responsible for the website. Did I just infringe copyright?
