And if ISPs don’t want to get in trouble with the law, we can be equally certain they’ll hardly put up much of a fight. General knowledge that infringement is ‘ubiquitous’ does not impose a duty on the service provider to monitor or search its service for infringements. GROKSTER And history shows how fate can quickly turn in these matters as the cases move their way up the courts. Is that really what people want. If not, the burden is on the owner to identify the infringement.
Rightsholders for years have complained that this protection places all the onus on them to constantly send in takedown notices to services that they feel should be doing more to more proactively police their networks. Online services who show interest in licensing music will continue to be sued. YouTube will pull the video while it investigates. We need businesses to be more proactive in addressing infringement, not less. Here’s a key excerpt from the ruling: If a service provider knows of specific instances of infringement, the provider must promptly remove the infringing material. If the content infringes, it remains down. “As the White House recently noted in its strategic plan to combat intellectual property theft it is essential for service providers and intermediaries generally to work collaboratively with content owners to seek practical and efficient solutions to address infringement,” Sherman wrote. “We expect the Court of Appeals will better understand the balance Congress struck when it enacted the DMCA,” Sherman said. What kind of road map towards escaping liability are they now getting? “And the service provider will have an incentive to make a knee-jerk response and take the content down,” he adds. Smaller labels and independent artists may have a tougher time. Given Stanton’s ruling, perhaps filtering technology isn’t required for service providers to claim safe harbor from liability. Until these cases reach a final resolution, it’s unlikely that yesterday’s ruling will have any affect on existing digital music business models.
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Thank you for your service. Yea to the gun ruling today. Although it should be a no brainer.
gartnercrm In the self-service world we should conduct a satisfaction survey on every interaction.
I am on Comcast using their super duper whateveritscalled service, 30+ Mbps for around $65 or so a month…
Prepping the house for my first “regular” cleaning service. Yay. One month and it needs a good cleaning pretty badly.
customer service, American style: a Ga. AutoZone clerk punched a customer in the face after the customer inquired about the price of an item
still suffering the little to none phone service, but about to enjoy some in hotel italian=] guitar on the beach later? yessir
We will be calling this over to Park Patrol. Your service request number is 683744 ^RJ
Heir Obama calls Kagan a trailblazing lawyer who has dedicated her life to public service. Enought reason to fillibuster her.
Seriously BLS? when I need u the most.. U are out of service..
Okay SF peeps! I need advice on fast internet service. Requirements are simple: 30Mbps or faster and under $100 per month. Help?
Will I ever record a girl giving me lip service? Sure, why not. We all gotta be in front of it sometimes.
If you had a whole bunch of crap that you wanted to sell, what website/service would you use?
Fifty plus years of service in the Senate, denied younger talent a chance to shine and isolated him from the realities of the world.
Off to dinner soon. Atlantis on paradise island is legit. Meals and service are wonderful but expensive to get tipsy. 10.50 at drink. Ahh.
protests on the march down University. Still peaceful but I’ve heard the TTC has service interruptions. Going to Queen & Spadina