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Originally Posted by xxxjay
Yeah, but let's call a spade a spade. Under the law, you are not an ISP if:
1. You upload your own content.
2. You run your site for a profit.
3. Moderate uploads.
4. Don't allow uploads at all.
The ISP provision just says states, "We leave the flood gates open and wharever comes through comes through, if you find something copy-written we will remove it."
Even BUYING your own content takes you out of ISP land.
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Wow, I don't know who gave you all of that advice, but you should fire them.
Last time I checked all of the hosts I know make a profit and they're still ISPs. Same thing goes for Charter who provides me with internet access locally.
Alot of this other stuff will (hopefully) be resolved by the Viacom v Google case.
My point still is still the same and still valid though. If you wanted to throw out DMCA completely so you could sue the bastards violating your copyrights, you'd have to wait 6-18 months to have your content taken down, AND if the defendant somehow won the case, you'd have to remunerate them for attorney fees and other expenses.