Comments on: Gmail Stays Up as Google Rejects Microsoft DMCA Takedown Notice

By: Bob Bigellow

Bob Bigellow — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 23:42:00 +0000

I was simply responding to this statement in limited understanding:

“Right, because what an uploader in Antigua puts on the web is subject to US copyright law. Umm, no.”

It only mentioned that the uploader was sin Antigua, then it only mentioned it being uploaded to “the web” without clarification. Thus, an uploader in Antigua could technically be uploading to a web server in the U.S. In such a case, U.S. law would apply. It doesn’t matter where the uploader is located, only the web server.

It gets complicated further by the fact that large companies, such as Google, will redistribute this content across their server farms in other countries. So, even if a file were uploaded to a Google server (YouTube, Blogger, etc…) in Antigua, this doesn’t guarantee it won’t also find its way onto a Google server in the U.S.

By: Bob Bigellow

Bob Bigellow — Sat, 16 Nov 2013 23:39:00 +0000

Google handles DMCA notices for content they DO host, such as YouTube, Blogger, etc…

Welcome to the Internet.

By: jsebean

jsebean — Fri, 15 Nov 2013 17:09:00 +0000

The employees of the companies that submitted Gmail as infringing probably were talking about the movie (or the copy of Windows 8) they downloaded last week to their friends via Email and reported it. (Clearly they are capable of such insanity) Of course, their emails are password protected and can’t be seen publically, thus only giving the Gmail URL :P.

By: First L

First L — Sat, 09 Nov 2013 17:47:00 +0000

What about what Sheep do?

By: George Voina

George Voina — Fri, 08 Nov 2013 07:05:00 +0000

Because of some stupid animation movie several sites of hotels in Transylvania were blocked by dmca takedown notice. How stupid is that ? This dmca “enforcers” are worse than spammers or patent trolls. They should be banned when they file to many false automatic complaints, generated by web-crawlers.

By: CoolKoon

CoolKoon — Thu, 07 Nov 2013 20:53:00 +0000

Stasi is the shorthand for “staatssicherheit” (state security), mind you.

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By: Tony

Tony — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 07:25:00 +0000

I’m glad google going against this because this going to heart their internet service.