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Justin.tv is protected by the DMCA Service Provider exception b/c it did not actively filter content hosted on/through its servers. Channelsurfing.net did filt

by rprasad 16y ago

Justin.tv is protected by the DMCA Service Provider exception b/c it did not actively filter content hosted on/through its servers. Channelsurfing.net did filter content -- indeed, it selected specific content for retransmission. That is why Justin.tv is not liable but the channelsurfing guy is. As to why he's being charged with a crime...we'll find out when they release the charges against him. It may be as innocuous as tax evasion for not reporting the income from the ads on his site.

wvenable 16y ago
That's still a bit of a stretch. If I created a subreddit on reddit.com with nothing but links to justin.tv copyrighted content, who's liable then? I'm filtering content but I'm not hosting the content or even the links.
- piguy314 16y ago
  Would your sub-reddit be a commercial enterprise who's sole source of revenue was monetizing someone else's intellectual property illegally? Or would your sub-reddit be a user-curated (not reddit curated) site that engaged in substantial non-infringing uses subject to DMCA takedown rules... Here is reddit's DMCA agent filing if you are interested http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/a/advmp.pdf http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/a/advmp.pdf
- JoachimSchipper 16y ago
  piguy314 posted a [dead] reply that shouldn't have been killed: > 1 point by piguy314 3 hours ago | link [dead] > Would your sub-reddit be a commercial enterprise who's sole source of revenue was monetizing someone else's intellectual property illegally? Or would your sub-reddit be a user-curated (not reddit curated) site that engaged in substantial non-infringing uses subject to DMCA takedown rules... Here is reddit's DMCA agent filing if you are interested http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/a/advmp.pdf http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/a/advmp.pdf
chopsueyar 16y ago
Usually ICE confiscates domain names for tax evasion.

by rprasad 16y ago

wvenable 16y ago

That's still a bit of a stretch. If I created a subreddit on reddit.com with nothing but links to justin.tv copyrighted content, who's liable then? I'm filtering content but I'm not hosting the content or even the links.

piguy314 16y ago
Would your sub-reddit be a commercial enterprise who's sole source of revenue was monetizing someone else's intellectual property illegally? Or would your sub-reddit be a user-curated (not reddit curated) site that engaged in substantial non-infringing uses subject to DMCA takedown rules... Here is reddit's DMCA agent filing if you are interested http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/a/advmp.pdf http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/a/advmp.pdf
JoachimSchipper 16y ago
piguy314 posted a [dead] reply that shouldn't have been killed: > 1 point by piguy314 3 hours ago | link [dead] > Would your sub-reddit be a commercial enterprise who's sole source of revenue was monetizing someone else's intellectual property illegally? Or would your sub-reddit be a user-curated (not reddit curated) site that engaged in substantial non-infringing uses subject to DMCA takedown rules... Here is reddit's DMCA agent filing if you are interested http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/a/advmp.pdf http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/agents/a/advmp.pdf

chopsueyar 16y ago

Usually ICE confiscates domain names for tax evasion.