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Originally Posted by Spudstr
Technically they have every right to ask you for proof, and to be honest the only certain way you are serving someone with a DMCA complaint is with a certified letter. Paper trails > email trails.
And to be honest http://www.copyright.gov/l You need to send the DMCA complaint to a registered copyright agent for that host/organization. If they are not listed and having a registered agent then well. They can be in some trouble.
EDIT: http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/list/index.html is the proper url |
LOL - and you're with/own a hosting company. Yes a hosting company that hosts several large tube sites of the thieving variety.
NOWHERE in the Digital Millenium Copyright Act does it say anything about having to prove to a service provider that you own the content. NOWHERE.
So yes anybody can send out thousands of fraudulent DMCA takedown notices and the law protects service providers against that - a counter claim against the complainant which has its own penalties under the law.