How do you handle your DMCA notices?

[smokestash]

Hi there,

I'm wondering how you guys respond to your DMCA notices. Please include the location (country) of your site, also, since that helps.

I'm currently in the process of migrating from a Blogger blog (porn downloads) to a Wordpress blog, hosted in the NL. I will have the usual disclaimer saying "None of the files displayed here are hosted on the server. The aim of this site is simply to index links to files which are hosted elsewhere. If you wish for anything to be removed, email x@x.x" blah blah blah

If I receive any takedown requests, I will simply remove that particular post.

However, my real issue is this - what if I get a request from a certain studio requesting me not to post anything from their site? That would severely limit what I could post, and I would be quite tempted to ignore it. Would they be able to do anything? Because to be honest I doubt that my site would be anywhere near big enough for them to actually take action.

Anyway, thanks for any help


Also, if anyone knows of a good, cheap host that allows warez/adult linking, let me know. I'm thinking KnownSRV right now ($2.95/mo OR $30.09/yr)...

smokestash Reviewed by smokestash on 15th Apr 2011. How do you handle your DMCA notices? Hi there, I'm wondering how you guys respond to your DMCA notices. Please include the location (country) of your site, also, since that helps. I'm currently in the process of migrating from a Blogger blog (porn downloads) to a Wordpress blog, hosted in the NL. I will have the usual disclaimer saying "None of the files displayed here are hosted on the server. The aim of this site is simply to index links to files which are hosted elsewhere. If you wish for anything to be removed, email Rating: 5

[kewld00d]

Nope. DMCA only requires you to take down things that have already been put up, and not put up that specific piece of content again.

[okone]

Well OneDDL is hosted in .se on PRQ, so any takedown requests are sent directly to me.

What I usually do when I receive one is reply back to make sure its not automated and then I remove the links and/or post in question.

We have recieved large takedown notices from big studios such as CBS threatening legal action if we do not take down all the posts for a TV show. Although most of these are automated and I therefore don't bother to take them down on the basis that their abusing the whole system of DMCA by doing so. And most of the time, the links are already dead anyway, so there is no point in removing the post.

Thats just what we do, I'm not saying anyone should follow it.

[swedendedicated]

We send them to our clients, it's up to them to decide what they want to do with it. It's shouldn't come as a surprise that most clients ignore them...

[NewEraCracker]

As I host my sites in DE and NL I comply with DMCA by removing infringing content.
For things such as ForumScriptz (Hosted in Malaysia) administration just trashes any DMCA complaint.

[Myth?]

I usually just take down what they've requested, after they show me proof of rights.

[Virtual]

afaik, dmca is for us only

what if our server is outside of the u.s.a (like euthopia, zimbabwe, etc... ) ?

[JmZ]

I delete the post in question and move on until they ask me to delete another post.

With a multi-million row database who gives a crap, they'll be there years DMCA'ing content before its all gone.

[bxflow]

I Dont care if im hosted in space I would still take down the requested thread.