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> your site ripped off the net, requiring you to then go to court to get it reinstated Getting your site reinstated is as easy as the other person having it ta
by dangrossman 15y ago
> your site ripped off the net, requiring you to then go to court to get it reinstated
Getting your site reinstated is as easy as the other person having it taken down: a one-page counter-notice sent to the same contact at the service provider attesting that you are not infringing the other person's copyright.
For the service provider to have "safe harbor" from liability, they must also put your content back up just as quickly as they took it down. Now the other party has to actually take you to court to take your content down again.
- ktizo 15y agoSorry, I did think you needed more faffing to get the stuff back up. Point still stands though, there should be at the very least an accountable, transparent public third party (ideally a legal court) that deals with both parties involved, before content that isn't explicitly criminal is removed.
- comex 15y agoThe service provider actually has to wait 10 days before reinstating the content.
- ktizo 15y agoMore than enough time for the profit margin of a startup's customers to walk off then.
- dangrossman 15y agoThough, if it's significant enough, you can recover. If the copyright holder misrepresented their claims, they are liable for the damages that resulted from the improper removal of the content. Those damages would include your lost customers.