Forum: Poser - OFFICIAL


Subject: Heads up, new Image thief.

Hisminky opened this issue on May 13, 2003 ยท 48 posts


mrp2284 posted Wed, 14 May 2003 at 1:14 AM

"DMCA litigation Under section 512 of the controversial DMCA (Digital Millenium Copyright Act), a representative of a copyright holder can send a "takedown" notice to a university or other Internet provider requesting that copyrighted material be removed. Anyone receiving a false notice can sue for damages and attorney's fees, but only if the sender 'knowingly materially misrepresents' information." I wonder if invoking the magic phrase "Digital Millenium Copyright Act" would make Lycos perk up their ears? As far as I can tell, ISPs are running scared of the DMCA because it can have the effect of shifting liability from the copyright violator to the ISP themselves if they don't act on a takedown notice. Just a thought. Anyone want to weigh in on this? Matt