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Originally Posted by Barry-xlovecam
Every day we create and stream 100's of hours of copyright broadcast cam content -- so we are a stakeholder in this conversation.
We are one of those domains foreign to the United States.
We do our best to comply with the International Berne Convention on Copyright but what if we use some font or image that we bought with the license to use or with assignment of the copyright from the author with the documentation being found, unknowingly to us, not true?
We paid our money in good faith but now we are subject to some lawsuit by the rightful copyright holder -- he has taken a gung ho action without any negotiation because he can under this proposed PROTECT IP / SOPA Act legislation.
We are just foreign deep pockets to the complainant and his lawyers. We would have no choice but to ?
- Settle the lawsuit, or;
- Answer in a US Court of competent jurisdiction, or;
- Default and have our domain DNS tampered with or possibly seized (*we are a .com and the USA claims jurisdiction).
You complain of "extortion" in the .xxx affair but see no extortion in this proposed PROTECT IP / SOPA Act legislation?
Maybe this is some explanation of the opposition to this draconian legislation.
Where is this legislation limited to just movies (videos) or music piracy -- it is not.
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Read the Bill!
Your site would have to be shown to be
"Dedicated to theft" before any action could be taken.
Using a stolen font or even a stolen video is not enough to take a site down under this
bill. The complaint has to demonstrate that the primary purpose of your site must be
to illegally distribute US property.