Yeah, we expect them to switch.  We are uninstalling the equipment.  I am
just trying to figure out how long we should ban them for.  I really don't
care if they ever come back.  Pirates are a hassle for me, and could
potentially land any of us in front of a judge.

On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:38 PM, Ryan Ray <[email protected]> wrote:

> Realistically if you shut me off I would switch to a new provider within a
> day. I don't know what kind of person would stick around on a ban no matter
> what the length of time is.
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:35 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> For those of you who actually do some sort of enforcement, what amount of
>> time do you ban them for?  I figure even at 90 days they will get a new
>> provider.  So I was just going to go with one year.  Is that excessive?
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Justin Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> You designate an “agent” within your company.  I typical register the
>>> CEO, operations, or someone like that that as the agent.  You would have no
>>> issue registering yourself as the agent.  I would recommend you create a
>>> copyright@ e-mail address and use that as the designated e-mail
>>> contact.  That way you know a request to copyright@ is most likely
>>> someone following protocol.
>>>
>>> It’s like CALEA.  Their just needs to be the proper person on file to
>>> contact, and server due process should it come to that.
>>>
>>> Justin Wilson
>>> [email protected]
>>>
>>> ---
>>> http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO
>>> xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth
>>>
>>> http://www.midwest-ix.com  COO/Chairman
>>>
>>> On Feb 2, 2016, at 3:27 PM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> I really have no idea about that.  So I need to hire an agent, and then
>>> ignore all but the requests that come to me from that agent?
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Justin Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> The biggest thing I use in a determination is did they send it to the
>>>> Registered Copyright Agent on file? You do have one correct? :-)
>>>> http://copyright.gov/onlinesp/
>>>>
>>>> If you have one, and it’s not sent to that agent, it’s not a real
>>>> request IMHO.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Justin Wilson
>>>> [email protected]
>>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> http://www.mtin.net Owner/CEO
>>>> xISP Solutions- Consulting – Data Centers - Bandwidth
>>>>
>>>> http://www.midwest-ix.com  COO/Chairman
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 2, 2016, at 1:34 PM, Josh Reynolds <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> It can't charge the copyright holder, but could it charge to company
>>>> sending out the notices if they aren't the CRH? :)
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Keefe John <[email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> This has been discussed before, the DMCA safe harbor doesn't allow the
>>>> provider to charge the copyright holder for this.
>>>>
>>>> On 2/2/2016 12:03 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> That's going to end up in a big mess of a lawsuit eventually.
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Sterling Jacobson <
>>>> [email protected]>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Haha!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If it’s against your AUP, make sure you have a clause in there that says
>>>> you
>>>> charge per incident.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Then go ahead and charge the customer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Sounds like if you are just going to kick them off eventually, might as
>>>> well
>>>> try to keep them, but make it costly.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> If they don’t pay it, then they are off.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Nothing legally wrong with it if its in your policy I think.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: Af [mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>] On
>>>> Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 10:57 AM
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DMCA Time Management Fee
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Oh wow, youre seriously looking for a fight with customers
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> What do you thing about charging a fee every time that a customer gets a
>>>> DMCA takedown notice.  These notices take time to track down and follow
>>>> up
>>>> on.  If we charged $20 every time it would make it not really worth it
>>>> to
>>>> pirate that $10 movie.  I would think that it should be legal, so long
>>>> as
>>>> we
>>>> add it to our customer agreement.  Anyone ever thought about this?
>>>> Right
>>>> now we pass on 5 of them and then make them find a new provider.  It
>>>> seems
>>>> like they would be less likely to hit 5 if they had to pay $20 for each
>>>> one.
>>>> We really don't want these guys on our network anyway, so no sweat if
>>>> they
>>>> just cancel.  Is anyone out there charging customers a fee for these?  I
>>>> know most of you just ignore them, but we like passing them on, as it
>>>> lowers
>>>> our overall usage.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>>
>>>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team
>>>> as
>>>> part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
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