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Originally Posted by xenigo
I understand that there are obstacles in place designed to delay and deter legal proceedings, but even with a private WHOIS, they can't hide their provider, and if the provider refuses to act on the violator, there's always upstream providers.
And I'm sure there's ways to embed a signature in a video that can't be edited out - which can be used to identify, and prosecute, a unique user.
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Taking down upstream providers or putting pressure on them does work in some situations. However like Spam, it is not going to be a solution that even half way works.
The Whois information isn't only private, it's wrong/fake but pulls up a working phone number to a call center that answers under your business name.
DRM Protecting your videos is a solution to several of our Industry problems.
The people that are being taken down and beat are the people that don't respond to the DMCA notices and/or are straight stealing and reselling your content. Those are the cases that have been won.
I think we are going to have to first fight to have the laws changed so we can fight piracy at a equal playing level. And that does not include supporting net neutrality.