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Originally Posted by DWB
$50 is an outrage considering sometimes you can send 100s of DMCAs to the same host for the same site, only to often have them rename the files and put them right back up later.
The problem is, there is no punishment for the infringing party. Why doesn't the host charge THEM $50 for every legit DMCA they have to remove? After all, it is their site. They stole it. They fucked up. They are the reason any of this is happening in the first place. Punish the site owner, not the content owner. Hosts make you pay for bandwidth overage, so why not have to pay for legit DMCAs sent to your site?
IMHO any company charging anything to the content owner for removing content is involved in piracy themselves, and probably on a fairly deep level. Otherwise they would pass the burden to the site owner / client.
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I appreciate what you're trying to say, but you're missing the point. You sent the wrong form. How about instead of trying to bend the laws of other countries, or expecting some super special treatment, you just send the right form? The point is, the DMCA request is the wrong form. There is a right form and no administrative fee associated with it. And in my experience, most hosting companies ToS includes for recovery of costs in a violation case, but you still have to send the proper request.