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Originally Posted by EukerVoorn
Hey Eric  ,
What should be done and what might happen one day is that the whole DMCA system is going to be trashed and that every website owner and hosting provider needs to have proof on file for ownership or permission for everything they have on their site/server. Thus completely the opposite of how it works now. The whole DMCA thing is based in TRUST and it's obvious now that TRUST isn't worth anything. |
It's simple to change.
If you publish you need the 2257 documentation and responsible for it's legality. None of this crap about hosting being free of DMCA until notified.
So If you publish, show it publicly, even if it's on another's server. You need the documents to prove you have the right to publish and in the US the 2257. User upload, he's publishing, he needs the documents and the Tube needs to know who he is and where he is or they are responsible.
Sledge Hammer to crack a walnut? Yes, but has anyone else got a better solution?
Will it happen? Not likely.
Will affiliates like this. Not a chance. Because they will be crippled by it.
Let's be honest with ourselves the Internet across the board is a Wild West and it's not going to change much.
It's way to easy to buy a .com and do business and hide from everyone but a few and even then in countries where you can get away with nearly anything. So a scammers paradise.
Spamming. Only one thing will stop it end free unlimited emails.
Card Banging, you need to have very tight controls on this from the Card issuers and banks.
You want to do business. Be registered and at an address where people can find you. .com only and visible domain Whois.
Piracy. Sites that deal in such, should be put before a committee to see if they warrant a Domain. If not take it away and if they do it again remove it again.
Advertiser and CC processors. If you're advertising or processing for a site breaking laws, you stand to be responsible to prosecution or damages. Like if you process or advertise on a site full of links to pirated porn, the victims of the piracy can sue you for damages.
And there's more needed.
Will it remove the problem 1005? No but it will vastly reduce it.
Will it effect the revenue generated online? Yes, it will increase it. Trust will come back, freeloaders will have to pay or fuck off.
How will it be paid for? When you register a .com domain to do business with in that yearly charge will be a charge for policing the Internet. So Domain registration will rise.
Will the little guys like this? Not a bit because they will see only the higher charges, they won't envisage the benefits. They prefer the Wild West where they can work and earn a wage from their living rooms.