Re: Beware: a very bad precedent set

[Mark Andrews <marka () isc org>]

In message <4A9C45D2.1000605 () brightok net>, Jack Bates writes:
> nanog () wbsconnect com wrote:
> > Any and all nefarious activity alleged in this lawsuit was conducted by a c
> ustomer, of a customer, of a customer yet the hosting provider was found liab
> le, not the actual criminal manufacturing and selling the fakes.
> > We had all better watch our backs since it seems that claims of not being a
> ble to inspected tens of millions of packets per second is no longer a viable
>  excuse.
> >
>
> Hmmm. I thought DMCA made it quite clear that a service provider cannot 
> ignore reports.
>
> "The Akanoc Defendants’ specific business model of providing unmanaged 
> server capacity to web hosting resellers does not exempt them from 
> taking active steps to effectively prevent infringing activity upon 
> notification from an intellectual property rights owner. "
>
> I consider that the more important statement in the article. The "upon 
notification" being the largest issue. Don't know if DMCA covers 
> anything outside the scope of copyright, but I think it's been generally 
> accepted that ignoring reports of infringement can bring about liability.
>
> Jack
 
It will be interesting to see the court cases against ISP's that
don't shutdown other illegal activities once they have been notified.
abuse@ better not be a blackhole or you are putting yourself at risk
based on this.

Mark
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