Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-27 Thread William Pitcock
twork Operators Group > Subject: Re: DMCA takedowns of networks > > > > Is there a better solution that doesn't require intrusive parsing? > > > > Sure. Tell the hoster they've got to shut it down, or else lose > their > > connectivity. > > which

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-27 Thread William Pitcock
y employer.) William --Original Message-- From: Jack Bates To: Richard A Steenbergen Cc: North American Network Operators Group Subject: Re: DMCA takedowns of networks Sent: Oct 26, 2009 1:44 PM Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > had no liability in the matter. Of course Hurricane is well

RE: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Brian Johnson
blackmail. Please thrown your grenades and run. :) - Brian > -Original Message- > From: Sven Olaf Kamphuis [mailto:s...@cyberbunker.com] > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 12:25 PM > To: Joe Greco > Cc: Brian Johnson; North American Network Operators Group > Subject: Re:

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Randy Bush
> But, if HE *didn't* do that, why aren't they commenting? Like, on this > forum, for example? HE ppl seem to know the address of NANOG ... probably because they, like many of us, are deeply amused by days of conjecturbation. randy

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Jack Bates
Bruce Williams wrote: Not that HE should act as a judge, but just to clarify what is being done. Hey. I think it's great satire. Given the nature of their content, you'd expect them to have been better prepared for a DMCA notice. I suspect they will be in the future. Jack

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Bruce Williams
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 11:44 AM, Jack Bates wrote: > Richard A Steenbergen wrote: >> >> had no liability in the matter. Of course Hurricane is well within their >> rights not to serve any customer that they please, but the customer is also >> well within their rights to find another provider who

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Jack Bates
Richard A Steenbergen wrote: had no liability in the matter. Of course Hurricane is well within their rights not to serve any customer that they please, but the customer is also well within their rights to find another provider who better respects the rights of free speech on the Internet (if t

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Joly MacFie
[realizing that I am veering OT] Last Thursday I videotaped a talk "Jefferson's Moose in Cyberspace" in NYC. http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=959 (still editing - soon come) One point made was that the "progress" vs "moral rights" dichotomy in copyright philosophy is so deep that there really is little,

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 10:11:47AM -0500, Brian Johnson wrote: > > Is there any reason to believe that HE didn't do that? The report > doesn't mention if HE contacted the customer before doing this. According to May First's own statement, this is exactly what happened: https://support.mayfirst.o

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Sven Olaf Kamphuis
> > Is there a better solution that doesn't require intrusive parsing? > > Sure. Tell the hoster they've got to shut it down, or else lose their > connectivity. which would be called "blackmail". sure, have the cops arrest the guy that actually runs the site or uploaded it onto the site, if they

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Shrdlu
N. Yaakov Ziskind wrote: Jack Bates wrote (on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500): John van Oppen wrote: I think that is a pretty standard procedure. We generally give our users 12 hours to remove the content before we null-route the IP... And yet, that may have been exactly what ha

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread N. Yaakov Ziskind
Jack Bates wrote (on Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 09:52:01AM -0500): > John van Oppen wrote: > >I think that is a pretty standard procedure. We generally give our > >users 12 hours to remove the content before we null-route the IP... > >The only time this does not apply is with active spam sources, simpl

RE: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Brian Johnson
> -Original Message- > From: Jack Bates [mailto:jba...@brightok.net] > Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 9:52 AM > To: John van Oppen > Cc: Joe Greco; Brian Johnson; North American Network Operators Group > Subject: Re: DMCA takedowns of networks > > John van Oppen

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Jack Bates
John van Oppen wrote: I think that is a pretty standard procedure. We generally give our users 12 hours to remove the content before we null-route the IP... The only time this does not apply is with active spam sources, simple and quite effective. And yet, that may have been exactly what hap

RE: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread John van Oppen
Main: 206.973.8300 Website: http://spectrumnetworks.us -Original Message- From: Joe Greco [mailto:jgr...@ns.sol.net] Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 7:45 AM To: Brian Johnson Cc: North American Network Operators Group Subject: Re: DMCA takedowns of networks > > > So why are we ha

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Joe Greco
> > > So why are we having this discussion? > > > > Because it appears that HE took down non-infringing sites? > > > > Excuse me for stating the obvious. :-) > > > > ... JG > > -- > > Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - > > On the technical side of this question... > > Let'

RE: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Brian Johnson
> > So why are we having this discussion? > > Because it appears that HE took down non-infringing sites? > > Excuse me for stating the obvious. :-) > > ... JG > -- > Joe Greco - sol.net Network Services - Milwaukee, WI - On the technical side of this question... Let's say that a customer is d

RE: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-26 Thread Sven Olaf Kamphuis
ph Brandt > > www.triond.com/users/Ralph+Brandt > > -----Original Message----- > From: Patrick W. Gilmore [mailto:patr...@ianai.net] > Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:36 AM > To: North American Network Operators Group > Subject: Re: DMCA takedowns of networks > >

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Joly MacFie
I've excerpted, and posted anonymously, a few quotes from this thread on the ISOC-NY website. I hope that this is acceptable - if not, let me know off list. http://www.isoc-ny.org/?p=996 -- --- Joly MacFie 917 442 8665 Skype:punkcas

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Joe Greco
> On Oct 24, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Joe Greco wrote: > >> Laws frequently have multiple options for compliance. Doesn't mean > >> you don't have to follow the law. > > > > A DMCA takedown notice isn't "law," Patrick, and does not have the > > "force > > of law" claimed above. > > You say potato, I s

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 24, 2009, at 2:28 PM, Joe Greco wrote: Laws frequently have multiple options for compliance. Doesn't mean you don't have to follow the law. A DMCA takedown notice isn't "law," Patrick, and does not have the "force of law" claimed above. You say potato, I say whatever. "In the fie

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 24, 2009, at 2:24 PM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: My comment was geared toward freedom of content and should not be interpreted to mean that network abuse will be permitted. We're very conservative about how we handle DMCA requests. If we receive one it better be valid and if there is any doubt w

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Joe Greco
> On Oct 24, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 09:36:05AM -0400, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > >> On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: > >> > >>> Outside of child pornography there is no content that I would ever > >>> consider > >>> censoring wit

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Jeffrey Lyon
Patrick, My comment was geared toward freedom of content and should not be interpreted to mean that network abuse will be permitted. We're very conservative about how we handle DMCA requests. If we receive one it better be valid and if there is any doubt we will challenge the sender vice punish ou

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 24, 2009, at 11:20 AM, Brett Frankenberger wrote: On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 11:06:29AM -0400, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: On Oct 24, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 09:36:05AM -0400, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Jeffrey Lyon

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Brett Frankenberger
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 11:06:29AM -0400, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Oct 24, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: >> On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 09:36:05AM -0400, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: >>> On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: >>> Outside of child pornography there is

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 24, 2009, at 10:53 AM, Richard A Steenbergen wrote: On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 09:36:05AM -0400, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: Outside of child pornography there is no content that I would ever consider censoring without a court order nor would

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread James Hess
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 8:00 AM, William Allen Simpson > What's going on?  Since when are we required to take down an entire > customer's net for one of their subscriber's so-called infringement? Since people are afraid. Organizations may send DMCA letters, whether they are valid or not; the rec

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Richard A Steenbergen
On Sat, Oct 24, 2009 at 09:36:05AM -0400, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: > On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: > > >Outside of child pornography there is no content that I would ever > >consider > >censoring without a court order nor would I ever purchase transit > >from a > >company t

RE: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Jon Lewis
On Sat, 24 Oct 2009, Brandt, Ralph wrote: HE certainly was right in shutting down that site. It had copyright infringement. That they took down other sites is reprehensible unless they lacked the technical capability to do otherwise. (The question then arises, should they be in business if th

RE: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Brandt, Ralph
ssage- From: Patrick W. Gilmore [mailto:patr...@ianai.net] Sent: Saturday, October 24, 2009 9:36 AM To: North American Network Operators Group Subject: Re: DMCA takedowns of networks On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: > Outside of child pornography there is no content that I wo

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:36 AM, Patrick W. Gilmore wrote: On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: Outside of child pornography there is no content that I would ever consider censoring without a court order nor would I ever purchase transit from a company that engages in this type of b

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Patrick W. Gilmore
On Oct 24, 2009, at 9:28 AM, Jeffrey Lyon wrote: Outside of child pornography there is no content that I would ever consider censoring without a court order nor would I ever purchase transit from a company that engages in this type of behavior. A DMCA takedown order has the force of law.

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Jeffrey Lyon
Outside of child pornography there is no content that I would ever consider censoring without a court order nor would I ever purchase transit from a company that engages in this type of behavior. Jeff On Oct 24, 2009 9:01 AM, "William Allen Simpson" < william.allen.simp...@gmail.com> wrote: http

Re: DMCA takedowns of networks

2009-10-24 Thread Bret Clark
BS to say the least...first the US Chamber of Commerce is not a government organization. And even if there were what right does anyone have to tread on Freedom of Speech?!? Was there a court order? I'd really be interested in know what strong arm tactic they used with HE. William Allen Simps