I'm always amazed at the amount of people who misunderstand the DMCA. In this case, the ESA was not asking that the site be taken down because of a "DMCA violation." It was asking that it be taken down because of a copyright violation. The only reason the DMCA comes into play is because it provides the ISP with a safe harbor if they promply remove the potentially-infringing material. In other words, the DMCA actually helps free speach on the internet by providing ISP's with a defense against contributory copyright infringement. Without the DMCA, every ISP with a clue would require everyone post a large bond before providing web space.
The RIAA has tried to use 'softer' tactics, including a massive public education campaign, allowing people to copy songs for a small royalty (audio home recording act), suing the companies that profit from infringement. None of it worked, so this is what we forced them to do. . .
Cancel your land line and go cell phone only. You will have a free unlisted number (for now anyway), which drastically reduces the unwanted calls. It's cheaper per month, too.
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I'm always amazed at the amount of people who misunderstand the DMCA. In this case, the ESA was not asking that the site be taken down because of a "DMCA violation." It was asking that it be taken down because of a copyright violation. The only reason the DMCA comes into play is because it provides the ISP with a safe harbor if they promply remove the potentially-infringing material. In other words, the DMCA actually helps free speach on the internet by providing ISP's with a defense against contributory copyright infringement. Without the DMCA, every ISP with a clue would require everyone post a large bond before providing web space.
Or they could just do a better job of debugging the computers in the first place. . . Can you self-mod -1, troll bait?
The RIAA has tried to use 'softer' tactics, including a massive public education campaign, allowing people to copy songs for a small royalty (audio home recording act), suing the companies that profit from infringement. None of it worked, so this is what we forced them to do. . .
A patent gives exclusive rights to "make, use, sell . . . and import" the invention. The American company could still enforce the patent.
Cancel your land line and go cell phone only. You will have a free unlisted number (for now anyway), which drastically reduces the unwanted calls. It's cheaper per month, too.