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If the photo is a "selfie" why can't they assert their copyright and force the photo to be taken down with a DMCA takedown notice to the web hosting company if
by asmithmd1 13y ago
If the photo is a "selfie" why can't they assert their copyright and force the photo to be taken down with a DMCA takedown notice to the web hosting company if the site owner can't be found or is unresponsive?
- tptacek 13y agoThe photos often aren't selfies. If they are, the process for getting them removed is still onerous, and their publication remains malicious and (in this case and others) extortionate.
- DanBC 13y agoWhat happens if the site is hosted in anywhere but US?
- alan_cx 13y agoWhere ever it is, there would be local laws. Next,the US reserves the right to prosecute its own citizens even if they commit what the US thinks is a crime in another country, regardless of local law. On top of that, there may be an extradition treaty in place. Then to stretch a bitter point....... Failing all that, of course we know the US will kidnap.... sorry, "render" people.... All that's needed there is for them to define blackmail as a form of terrorism. Heh, then I suppose one could justify a drone strike!!!
- seniorsassycat 13y agoIn this interview Hunter Moore, another revenge porn site runner, argues that the photos are intended for someone (why else would you take the photo?) so the copyright is shared. While that's not how copyright works and many of the photos on his sites were stolen it seems to be enough to hold up DMCA's. The interview is interesting, I don't think I've ever heard an NPR interviewer speak with such derision towards their interviewer. [1] http://www.wnyc.org/radio/#/ondemand/335039 http://www.wnyc.org/radio/#/ondemand/335039