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Are you aware that companies in countries like Canada don't respond to DMCA takedown requests, nor do they have domestic equivalents?
by CarelessExpert 7y ago
Are you aware that companies in countries like Canada don't respond to DMCA takedown requests, nor do they have domestic equivalents?
- dewey 7y agoMaybe not 100% identical to the DMCA takedown requests but there are systems in place to deal with these kinds of issues. If your hoster / ISP receives a bunch of these notices they'll probably reconsider hosting your content. https://ic.gc.ca/eic/site/oca-bc.nsf/eng/ca02920.html https://ic.gc.ca/eic/site/oca-bc.nsf/eng/ca02920.html
- CarelessExpert 7y agoValid point. Bill C-11 certainly made a mess of the situation in Canada. That said, there are plenty of other international jurisdictions where a server or VPS could be used to host this kind of content, so I think the fundamental point still remains: Yes, hosting content on a large US-based provider like GitHub means your content is available at their discretion. Hosting the content yourself gives you a much greater degree of freedom to control the availability of that content. Which is why I never rely solely on commercial cloud services like this for hosting my content.