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I wonder what the legal implications are for hosting a node. I imagine you would have to comply with DMCA requests in the US, so just hosting a node would requi
by xhrpost 11y ago
I wonder what the legal implications are for hosting a node. I imagine you would have to comply with DMCA requests in the US, so just hosting a node would require you to setup a whole process for that.
- zxcvcxz 11y agoUnless everyone just ignores DMCA requests and they become unenforceable.
- nightpool 11y agoIgnoring DMCA requests opens you up to being sued for copyright infringement though—that's the entire purpose, is to provide a copyright "safe harbor" for places that host user generated content, provided they meet certain restrictions.
- sroerick 11y agoIPFS is not like freenet where nodes host content -- it is more similar to bittorrent, where you broadcast the files that you have available on your node. Copyright violations will likely function in a similar route to bittorrent.