Lessons Learned from the MPAA's use of DCMA

["Brooke, O'neil (EXP)" <o'neil.brooke () lmco com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vachon, Scott [mailto:Scott.Vachon () Paymentech com]
> Sent: July 11, 2002 8:42 AM
> To: vuln-dev () securityfocus com
> Subject: RE: [7.8.2002 44916] Notice of Copyright Infringement

> Funny, if you are getting DOSs'd or Spammed to hell, your ISP 
> won't budge to fix it but, the MPAA sends one letter and they 
> threaten to cut you (the customer) off.

Very interesting point Scott. Perhaps we can learn something here. The MPAA
is using clauses of the DCMA to project their will. Can we use the DCMA or
other laws in a similar manner to stop people from abusing our networks?

I.e. Send a letter to the network provider stating: If you do not stop this
subscriber from taking these illegal actions (cite the law that states
spamming, DOS'ing, etc. are illegal) then we will hold you (the network
provider) financially accountable for our losses.

Is anyone sufficiently familiar with the law to write up a template letter?
Or is there already a public repository for these template letters? This
could be a fun little experiment. 



Disclaimer: My own two cents.