RE: [7.8.2002 44916] Notice of Copyright Infringement

["Steve Zenone" <zenone () cats ucsc edu>]

Hello Folks,

I have a question to ask you: Do you believe it is advisable
to reply to infringement complaints regarding copyrighted 
material informing the notifying party that the material has 
been removed from the subscriber's system? I will quote a 
concern below:

"The DMCA does require that we not be a party to infringement
and that we as the system operators stop infringement when
we are aware of it.  But we are not required to 'ACK' that
anything illegal here ever happened.  Nothing you can say
will reduce our liability.  What you do say could be used
as evidence that we agreed there was a problem and further,
that we know who did it.  The law doesn't require that we
give such assistance."

Would the assumption that our liability increases by replying
to an infringement notice be correct? 

Thank you.

Regards,
Steve