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This is why the IAP I worked at 15 years ago took every unmasking subpoena and routed them to the trash. I was so proud of that.
by busterarm 1y ago
This is why the IAP I worked at 15 years ago took every unmasking subpoena and routed them to the trash. I was so proud of that.
- immibis 1y agoYou can't just ignore a subpoena if you value not being in jail. You have to argue that you don't have to answer it.
- busterarm 1y agoNone of them were ever followed up with. So while you're correct in theory, in practice the consequences of it were nonexistent. Likely because the firm knows that the subpoena that they're sending you is bullshit in the first place. They don't actually want the legal challenge.
- margana 1y agoSounds similar to ignoring clearly fraudulent DMCAs. Technically you are not allowed to ignore one no matter how clearly fraudulent it is, but in practice no one would follow up on those.
- dragonwriter 1y ago> Sounds similar to ignoring clearly fraudulent DMCAs. Technically you are not allowed to ignore one no matter how clearly fraudulent it is Not true. Technically, you are allowed to ignore ANY DMCA takedown. However, if you don't ignore it, and if you otherwise would have been guilty of copyright infringement for hosting the user-provided content at issue, then following the DMCA takedown request will immunize you (that's why it is called a "safe harbor" provision), so, if you aren't 100% certain that it's not wrong, you have a strong motive to respect it. If the DMCA takedown request was actually fraudulent, then either there was no potentially violating material or the requester wasn't the copyright holder or their agent, so you had no liability to them to immunize against. So you absolute can ignore it as much as you want.
- getcrunk 1y agoWell thank god corporations can’t be jailed /s