UK's RIAA Goes After Google Using the US DMCA 184
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from the if-you-don't-have-your-own-use-theirs dept.
from the if-you-don't-have-your-own-use-theirs dept.
An anonymous reader passes along a DMCA takedown notice directed at Google and authored by the British Phonographic Industry, Britain's equivalent of the RIAA. P2pnet identifies the BPI as the outfit that "contributed to the British government's Digital Economy bill, complete with its ACTA Three Strikes and you're Off The Net element, with hardly a murmur from the UK lamescream media." Are there any precedents for a UK trade organization attempting to use an American law to force an American company to take down links to UK-copyrighted material?
I don't understand! (Score:2, Funny)
Obama's the president now, not Bush! Didn't the Brits get the memo?
Digital Ecomy bill (Score:1, Funny)
Aptly named (saves 2 bytes).
Re:What is Google HOSTING, exactly? (Score:3, Funny)
I've reason to believe Fox News is hosting something illegal, I should be able to submit a DMCA request to Google then in the same manner I would specifically request to a hosting provider regarding a specific video or web page, and Google would then remove all links to foxnews.com?
This is fantastic news.
Re:Not hosted by google though ... (Score:2, Funny)
Google should start taking DMCA notices seriously. What? Don't want us to display some link to a site which has a downloadable Metallica cd? We can't possibly filter those easily, so we will filter all web sites with the word Metallica. Poof, Metallica now loses Millions because they are effectively disappeared from the internet.