Masataka, But the phrase “or linking to the domain” Includes hundreds, possibly thousands, of unwitting certain parties: anyone who operates search services, or permits people to post links in discussion groups, for example, would be included.
I think I am simply right. The lawsuit is contradictory and overreaching. But worse, the court issued a nonsensical judgment, whether to deliver it or not, and that is a travesty. -mel > On May 8, 2022, at 6:29 AM, Masataka Ohta <mo...@necom830.hpcl.titech.ac.jp> > wrote: > > Mel Beckman wrote: > >> The plaintiff’s won a default judgement, because the defendants >> didn’t show up in court. But they could not have shown up in court, >> because they were only listed as "John Does" in the lawsuit. Thus no >> defendant could have "actual knowledge" that they were sued, > > As the defendants are those identified as "d/b/a Israel.tv, as > the owners and operators of the website, service and/or > applications (the “Website”) located at or linking to the > domain www.Israel.TV;", you are simply wrong. > > > For the court to then > > approve sanctions against innocent non-parties to the suit is a > > logical contradiction. > > Wrong. > > Those knowingly actively cooperating with the defendants are not > innocent at all though DMCA makes some passive cooperation > innocent. > > Masataka Ohta
