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> Our questioning the veracity of the complaint did not seem to make any difference. Linode is an ISP, not a court of law. Legally, it's not up to them to mak
by adrianmonk 7y ago
> Our questioning the veracity of the complaint did not seem to make any difference.
Linode is an ISP, not a court of law.
Legally, it's not up to them to make this determination. If they are compelled to take down a site by law, then their opinion about the veracity of the complaint is not really relevant. Unless they want to defy the law in order to go out on a limb to protect a customer. Which is a lot to ask of any business.
- prepend 7y agoIt’s extremely relevant because they can deny the dmca notice. Linode is protecting themself over their customer. This is a strong signal to customers to find a better ISP. One who plans on legal funds to defend customers against these bullshit dmca notices.
- jen729w 7y ago> One who plans on legal funds to defend customers against these bullshit dmca notices. I would love to agree with you, but are you gonna pay someone $20/mo for Linode’s $5/mo service? Of course not; and therein lies financial ruin for the ISP. The system is fucked.
- prepend 7y agoYes I will. I’m a big fan of linode and have used them for years. I’m now looking for smarter hosts and will eventually move every single thing I control off linode.
- zbuf 7y ago> Linode is protecting themself over their customer. Is there any business that would not do this, or would do the opposite?