On Aug 22, 2012, at 14:53 , Robert Bonomi <bon...@mail.r-bonomi.com> wrote:
>> From nanog-bounces+bonomi=mail.r-bonomi....@nanog.org Wed Aug 22 14:55:41 >> 2012 >> From: Larry Smith <lesm...@ecsis.net> >> To: nanog@nanog.org >> Subject: Re: Copyright infringement notice >> Date: Wed, 22 Aug 2012 14:55:13 -0500 >> >> On Wed August 22 2012 14:07, Robert Bonomi wrote: >>> I'm NOT SURE whether the ISP has any potential liability in _this_ >>> situation -- there's nothing 'published' by their customer for them to >>> 'take down', etc. >> >> Actually, I believe in most cases the only way "they" (DMCA) > > There is no 'they' that is the DMCA -- it is simply a piece of legislation. > That said, there is nothing the OP said to indicate that what he received > _was_ a DMCA 'takedown notice'. although a follow-up did *assume* that that > was what the OP received. > Yes... In this case, "they" would be the DMCA authors -- the RIAA and the MPAA. (which is what I suspect Mr. Smith actually meant). Owen