POV-Ray : Newsgroups : povray.off-topic : PIPA and SOPA : Re: PIPA and SOPA Server Time
29 Jul 2024 14:18:30 EDT (-0400)
  Re: PIPA and SOPA  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 20 Jan 2012 15:13:30
Message: <4f19caea$1@news.povray.org>
On Fri, 20 Jan 2012 14:16:21 -0500, Warp wrote:

>   In principle if a company sends a DMCA takedown notice eg. to YouTube,
> if the alleged infringer makes a counter-claim then YouTube is obliged
> to restore the material without question.

That's not consistent with what I've heard - the alleged infringer can 
take legal action, but many users of YouTube are individuals who don't 
have the resources to go up against a big media company's lawyers.

Of course, I may not have heard the way it actually works, too.

Jim


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