Originally Posted by SmokeyTheBear

i don't pretend to understand the law very well but can you explain/elaborate a bit ?

In a nutshell are you saying as long as someone abides by dmca then this doesn't apply ? i.e. this only applies to people who ignore dmca ?

i can prove youtube has ignored dmca requests that would fit the criteria of the above law. i.e. safe harbor would not apply for youtube in my case because they did not abide by the rules, thus as it stands they would be guilty .

In my case i noticed someone had copied an original video of mine and reposted it under a different account, they did this with several videos. Upon recieving the dmca request they banned my account for copyright violations ( my own original videos ) and left the infringers account open with all my videos.

seems to me an open and shut case.