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ICANN: We Won't Pass Judgment On Pirate Sites (torrentfreak.com)

Posted by msmash on from the who-to-hold-accountable dept.

From a TorrentFreak report:Following more pressure from rightsholders, domain name oversight body ICANN has again made it clear that it will not act as judge and jury in copyright disputes. In a letter to the president of the Intellectual Property Constituency, ICANN chief Stephen Crocker says that ICANN is neither "required or qualified" to pass judgment in such cases. This week, ICANN's Dr. Crocker responded to the April letter from IPC, confirming that his group will "bring enforcement actions" against registries and registrars that fail to include abuse warnings in their end-user agreements. However, ICANN also made it crystal clear that it won't be getting directly involved in disputes involving allegedly infringing domains. "This does not mean, however, that ICANN is required or qualified to make factual and legal determinations as to whether a Registered Name Holder or a website operator is violating applicable laws and governmental regulations, and to assess what would constitute an appropriate remedy for such activities in any particular situation," Dr. Crocker added.

8 of 28 comments (clear)

  1. Who will, then? by Sigvatr · · Score: 2

    Do we have a body at this level that does do that?

    1. Re:Who will, then? by amiga3D · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Courts. That's the way it's supposed to work. Using bureaucrats and other organizations
      for that job is madness.

    2. Re:Who will, then? by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

      Courts. That's the way it's supposed to work. Using bureaucrats and other organizations
      for that job is madness.

      But that whole "evidence" thingy is a pain. It's so much easier just to ask ICANN to do it.

      --
      General Relativity: Space-time tells matter where to go; Matter tells space-time what shape to be.
  2. Good reason to keep them in control then by fustakrakich · · Score: 2

    If they lose it, the replacements won't hesitate to censor everything they can.

    --
    “He’s not deformed, he’s just drunk!”
  3. Good by vomitology · · Score: 4, Informative

    That sounds tantamount to having a car dealership monitor your driving history, and repossessing the car if you use it to rob a bank.

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    ~Knowledge is knowing that a tomato is a fruit, but Wisdom is knowing not to put it in a fruit salad.
    1. Re:Good by KiloByte · · Score: 3, Insightful

      A better car analogy would be the dealership repossessing your car if you become an Uber driver.

      Unlike robbing a bank which is rather hard to defend, those "pirate" sites merely run afoul a dubious regulation that's not universal.

      --
      The creatures outside looked from Alt-Right to Antifa; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
  4. Looking for an easy enforcer by QuietLagoon · · Score: 5, Insightful

    The Intellectual Property Constituency is just looking for an easy enforcer that they can trigger with an email, instead of using the legal system designed and intended to handle intellectual property issues. It looks like little more than laziness on the part of the Intellectual Property Constituency.

  5. This brings to mind Cardinal Richelieu by knorthern+knight · · Score: 2

    Show me six lines written by the most honest man in the world, and I will find enough therein to hang him

    You'll see slight variations, depending on how the original French is translated... "Qu'on me donne six lignes de la main du plus honnete homme, j'y trouverai de quoi le faire pendre".

    Add in the HR assholes who insist on hiring only people with Facebook accounts, and bosses will be able to manufacture a reason to fire any employee at any time.

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    I'm not repeating myself
    I'm an X window user; I'm an ex-Windows user