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Originally Posted by Due
Don't forget to cc in the upstream providers of the hosting companies when you dmca someone.
Biweekly press releases naming hosting providers and upstream providers with how many dmca notices they have been send might also help bring some unwanted attention especially from investors (even if the hosting company is privately owned I bet their backbone provider is not)
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We use LeaseWeb for some foreign projects.
Leaseweb, if any of your reps are reading this, you need to start deal with the piracy problem properly. I feel that hosting stolen content affects everybody's business and we expect the hosting provider we choose should not harm other legit businesses in any way.
Intentionally ignoring the problem or turning an eye to it, is equal to "Aiding and abetting", which means assisting before, during, or after the commission of a crime.
Are you an existing customer of Leaseweb or ANY OTHER HOST that ignores your DMCAs, then consider this: remain a customer of LeaseWeb or Other Host you'll be supporting what they are doing - and that is participating in stealing content from porn producers and reselling that. Also, content theft and credit card fraud go hand in hand, content thieves use stolen credit cards to buy accounts at paysites and download all the content. So the reason that it's getting harder to process credit cards for adult businesses also originates in the content theft problem.
LeaseWeb get smart! Stop hosting pirate sites and let them become another hosts problem. The money is not so great that its worth harm to your business reputation among legit operators.
- Alex