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Prior to the DMCA, ISPs had full liability for copyright infringement committed by their customers online. Small ISPs were being sued out of existence, and it w
by dangrossman 8y ago
Prior to the DMCA, ISPs had full liability for copyright infringement committed by their customers online. Small ISPs were being sued out of existence, and it was only a matter of time before nobody would be willing to run an ISP at all. The DMCA (specifically Section 512) was the thing that saved the free and open internet by introducing limited liability for ISPs.
- reificator 8y agoThat's fair and I don't want to downplay that aspect. But that's not the only thing the DMCA does.
- jimbo999 8y agofor balance https://www.wired.com/2008/10/ten-years-later/ https://www.wired.com/2008/10/ten-years-later/