Usenet.com May Find Safe Harbor From RIAA lawsuit

Daneal writes "Ars Technica has some interesting analysis of the RIAA's lawsuit against Usenet.com. There's reason to believe that Usenet.com — and most other Usenet providers — could qualify for protection under the DMCA's Safe Harbor provision. 'The DMCA's Safe Harbor provision provides protection for ISPs from copyright infringement lawsuits as long as they take down offending material once they are served with a notice of infringement. "Whether the Safe Harbor applies is the central legal question that is going to be raised," EFF senior staff attorney Fred von Lohmann told Ars. An RIAA spokesperson tells Ars that the group has issued "many" takedown notices to Usenet.com, but von Lohmann says that the volume of takedown notices isn't what counts. "The DMCA's Safe Harbor makes it very clear," von Lohmann said. "The number of notices doesn't matter as long as you take the infringing content down."'"

Re:USENET?

[Pootworm]

No, they want to take down Usenet.com. Slow down there Speed Racer. Breathe.....breeeeeaaathe....

Re:Seem to remember...

[Barny]

Hrmm, correct me if I am wrong (usenet servers in aus are a little odd/different than US ones I think) but doesn't the news server only hold the data for like 30 days or so? So they do take the information down, within 30 days of being issued with a take down notice?

Re:USENET?

[SpacePunk]

That's probably because they believe that usenet.com IS the usenet. Just like AOL is the internet!