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Old 05-29-2011, 02:02 PM  
Nathan
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CrkMStanz,

1) PROTECT IP says sites following DMCA do not fall under sites that could be seized according to PROTECT IP. So I do not think you actually mean replacing DMCA with PROTECT IP would solve your issue.

2) You are also basically saying, and correct me if I am wrong, that you want all sites that allow user submitted content to be shut down and made illegal? Meaning, facebook needs to stop allowing user uploaded items, all the image hosts out there that let you manage your photos and share them need to be closed, all of flickr.com basically is illegal, twitter can not be allowed to let people link to content...

3) You also seem to want the definition of "hosting service" to be changed. But I am not sure to what, how do you define what is a hosting service and what is not? Since you clearly do not want a HOST liable for what its users upload, right? IE, you are a user of your host, your host is thus a user submitted content service. And if you upload illegal content, your host would be liable without DMCA. How do you fix that?

And please, give me answers to 2) and 3) which are not short ones, actually define HOW you want to fix it. Suggest how to define each...
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