I wanted to thank everyone for their input. I am trying to summarize what I have found.
I found a great informational site maintained by Stanford University. http://www.chillingeffects.org/piracy/notice.cgi?NoticeID=973. It has many links and FAQ for a basis to make decisions. It basically looks that if the ISP has a policy regarding copyright infringement, and a way to track each user, then the ISP is not playing COP, but responding to claims/accusations and should be protected under section 512 safe harbor laws in the DMCA. There are many requirements for the letter the copyright holder must follow, up to and including they have to "swear under penalty of perjury" that what they are sending is correct. If it isn't constructed properly, it is nothing. We are drafting a policy regarding receiving the letters, and how many times we will allow it to occur before we must protect our rights under section 512 for the safe harbor clause of the DMCA. Unless there is a legal document requiring us to present customer information, we will protect our customer's rights and privacy. Finally, we are seeking some legal advice to help draft those response letters and review our policies before implementing them. Thanks again. Eric -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Justin Wilson Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2011 10:46 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] DMCA Takedown Start reading here for ISPS: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Copyright_Infringement_Liability_Lim ita tion_Act#Other_Defenses_for_OSPs The legal advice I have been given has always been e-mail is not a legal document. Responding to e-mails is more of a courtesy/CYA than anything. Make sure you have a designated agent. All official communication is supposed to go through this agent. Justin -- Justin Wilson <[email protected]> Aol & Yahoo IM: j2sw http://www.mtin.net/blog - xISP News http://www.twitter.com/j2sw - Follow me on Twitter -----Original Message----- From: "Forrest W Christian (PF Lists)" <[email protected]> Reply-To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Date: Mon, 26 Sep 2011 21:55:20 -0600 To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [WISPA] DMCA Takedown >For those of you who are just ignoring these: I'd recommend you read up >on the DMCA safe harbor rules.... See >http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Copyright_Infringement_Liability_Li mit >ation_Act > >In short, if you follow the steps under the law, you have an affirmative >defense against the copyright holders suing you for contributory >infringement. > >-forrest > > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >------ >WISPA Wants You! Join today! >http://signup.wispa.org/ >----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- >------ > >WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > >Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > >Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
