----- Original Message -----
From: "Ricky Beam" <jfbeam@gmail.com>
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:37:16 -0500, Paul Graydon <paul@paulgraydon.co.uk> wrote:
... Whenever they received a DMCA take-down they would remove the link, not the underlying file, so even though they knew that a file was illegally hosted, they never actually removed it.
And that's where their safe harbour evaporated. Upon receiving notice a file is infinging, they know that *file* is illegal, and must now remove all the links to it, not just the one that was reported. Mega is in a possition to know all the links, where as the copyright holder is not.
They thought they had a gaping loophole. Well, the DOJ is about to teach them how wrong they are.
Nope; I agree with the amusingly psuedonymmed "Administrator" who posted immediately before you: the possibility exists that there's a copy of that file uploaded legally because some other client of the site has the right to do so... and if you delete the underlying file, you're then screwing over that other paying customer who isn't breaking the law. Is everyone beginning to see how "legislators and LEOs who simply don't understand the playing field" are a critically dangerous condition, here? This is precisely the grounds on which we opposed SOPA. Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra@baylink.com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://baylink.pitas.com 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA http://photo.imageinc.us +1 727 647 1274