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Can you not use a DMCA and contact their hosting provider? One per offense. Also, if the docs are registered copyright, willfull infringement per offense is o
by dillonmckay 8y ago
Can you not use a DMCA and contact their hosting provider?
One per offense.
Also, if the docs are registered copyright, willfull infringement per offense is over $100k per instance.
$50mil/$140k = 357.14
Thoughts?
- rum3 8y agoA bit naive. I am sure the DMCA can be used to put some fire on their ass to rewrite the documentation though but not much more than that.
- Veen 8y agoDepends who is hosting their documentation. Under the DCMA, hosting providers are obligated to take content down when they recieve a valid takedown notice (They can put it back up when they get a counter notice).
- dragonwriter 8y agoThe DMCA can be used to put a fire under them to file a DMCA counternotice, at which point the whole issue with their hosting provider is done and you are down to the basic question of are you going to file, litigate, and win an actual copyright lawsuit on a timeline and at a cost that leaves you with a viable startup.
- JustSomeNobody 8y agoAnd now that this has hit HN, I bet they're rewriting the docs right now.
- stale2002 8y agoNo judge would agree that damages are anywhere close to 100k per instance. It just isn't something a judge would ever agree to.