A friend of mine pointed out that the US Supreme Court ruled that ISPs are NOT responsible for the actions of their subscribers, but the subscribers themselves are. J. K. Weston's mail even began "Dear Internet Service Provider:," and while refering to Andover.net, is/. an ISP, or a product? The position is arguable, but I don't believe it would hold in court. While "unauthorized reproduction of Microsoft's copyrighted work" may hold legally, it's not the responsibility of/., but that of the poster. Even if you argue that/. is responsible, there are only four real posts that are even questionably violating copyright law on the site itself.
Nevertheless, this type of legal bullsh.t and gross abuse of the DMCA is sickening. While the DMCA is, conceptually, a good idea, the habitual abuse of it outweighs the potential benefits.
Help the Nerds stop abuse of the DMCA. http://nerds.yi.org/
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A friend of mine pointed out that the US Supreme Court ruled that ISPs are NOT responsible for the actions of their subscribers, but the subscribers themselves are. J. K. Weston's mail even began "Dear Internet Service Provider:," and while refering to Andover.net, is /. an ISP, or a product? The position is arguable, but I don't believe it would hold in court. While "unauthorized reproduction of Microsoft's copyrighted work" may hold legally, it's not the responsibility of /., but that of the poster. Even if you argue that /. is responsible, there are only four real posts that are even questionably violating copyright law on the site itself.
Nevertheless, this type of legal bullsh.t and gross abuse of the DMCA is sickening. While the DMCA is, conceptually, a good idea, the habitual abuse of it outweighs the potential benefits.
Help the Nerds stop abuse of the DMCA. http://nerds.yi.org/