IANAL, but just fill out the DMCA form and go from there. Can it really hurt that bad? Perhaps google, being a US owned corporation, is required to follow US copyright laws and therefore requires a DMCA form to be filled out. Again, IANAL so take that with a grain of salt.
On Jun 2, 12:37 pm, Disconnect <[email protected]> wrote: > ..so that prevents you filling out their contact/takedown form? > > Or did I miss something here - does it say "only applicable in the > usa" at the top or something..? > > > > On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 3:17 PM, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mike, > > > As I have explained before, the DMCA is a law which is only applicable in a > > US jurisdiction and may introduce conditions which are not relevant in this > > case. The DMCA may be the best option if you're a US based, but as my > > company is a UK entity, trying to use a US only laws which is subject to US > > only regulation is not sensible. > > > Distributing the application is a breach of my companies copyright, the > > company is a UK entity, and the US has signed international copyright > > treaties, my company has the right to demand Google ceases distribution of > > the offending material without the need to use a legal system which my > > company is not subject to. > > > Al. > > -------------------------------------------------- > > From: "Mike Hearn" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 6:02 PM > > To: "Android Discuss" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [android-discuss] Re: Copyright enforcement outside of the US > > >>> Google seem to think the DMCA applies to UK copyright disputes as their > >>> UK site says I must file a DMCA notice > > >> There's nothing magical about that form which makes it be ignored if > >> you're outside the US. Google has a procedure for filing takedown > >> notices, and it happens to be the form designed for DMCA compliance. I > >> suspect if you fill it out and submit it, things will happen even > >> though you're not American.- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
