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Originally Posted by CYF
I agree, so let's take a look at this paragraph from an actual attorney:
"If you find a Web site that is using one of your images without permission, contact the hosting ISP to report the infringement. The letter you send is called a ?DMCA takedown notice.? The ISP is required to make its agent?s name and address available so that you can send them notification. Your copyright does not have to be registered with the U.S. Copyright Office for you to take advantage of this DMCA provision."
http://rising.blackstar.com/how-to-s...wn-notice.html |
Are you reading what I'm writing or only reading what you want to read?
And that lawyer is wrong... a "takedown notice" does not grant rights to private information that hasn't been legally signed over by the person or courts. It asks to remove content, which means if you sent it to the ISP, to comply they have to get the content removed or remove it directly.
As well, "take advantage" as the lawyer says, is a far cry from being "protected under it." Which again, swings both ways... such as, a non registered agent is not protected under DMCA, thus can be sued without notice.