Can Someone Block Google From Passing Along A DMCA To ChillingEffects?
from the don't-see-how dept
Lori Grunin points us to a slightly odd post from a lawyer, Carolyn Wright, who works with photographers, concerning Google's well known policy of forwarding all DMCA takedowns to ChillingEffects where they're aggregated and made available to the public. This serves a dual purpose. Beyond just providing more info for the public on these takedown notices, it allows Google to point people to ChillingEffects when a search result has been removed due to a takedown request. Now, we have seen some try (and fail) to block Google's ability to forward such notices by claiming copyright on the notices themselves, but that's an unworkable strategy.However, I have to admit that I'm confused about Wright's claims in the post. She discusses a photographer, Jason Wilder, who sent a DMCA take down notice to Google, but asked Google not to forward his takedown to ChillingEffects. Google told him that it was the company's official policy in order to remain transparent about any content removed from the site, and saying that if Wilder doesn't want the noticed passed along to ChillingEffects, then he can rescind the notice. Wright seems to think this somehow opens Google up to liability:
Nothing about 17 USC 512 requires that the complainant agree that his notice be made public and Google’s policy is not the law. So by refusing to remove the copyrighted material, Google is now potentially liable for the infringement. Now that’s cold.It's true that nothing in the law requires that the notice be made public... but that's meaningless. Nothing in the law requires that the notice be kept private if the issuer requests it, either. Google is free to do whatever it wants with the notices, including making them public and forwarding them to whomever it wants. Nothing in that violates the DMCA. Furthermore, it accurately explained to Wilder that if he didn't want it public, he shouldn't file a notice. Again, that's entirely accurate. So what about any of that opens up Google to liability? The way you get hit with liability under the safe harbors is if you ignore a takedown request. But if Wilder rescinds his request, then there's no longer a request to obey. So how does this create liability for Google?
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And a middleman would face greater liability if his client managed to use him to send defective notices.
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According to Troll Rule #17827 the proper format is -
but...but...piracy!
We will be assessing a fine on your AC license, to avoid further fines please refresh yourself on the Troll Bylaws.
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That wasnt' a troll. That was sarcasm. Wait, maybe you knew that wasn't a troll and you are being sarcastic. A double reverse sarcasm troll? OK, now I'm confused.
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"So by refusing to remove the copyrighted material, Google is now potentially liable for the infringement."
At no point in the discussion did Google refuse to take down the content.
They refused to change their policy of forwarding the notice to Chilling Effects, and informed him if he wanted to avoid the notice being seen publicly he could withdraw the complaint.
You could demand Google send you a cookie for each notice you file, and Google could tell you no - but that does not mean Goggle will not properly handle the takedown notice and forward the notice as their policy dictates.
If you have the burning desire to takedown something you "own", you should not have fear that a legit takedown notice would reflect poorly on you. If your going to complain, one is left asking what are you trying to hide and was the notice legit in the first place?
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Those crazy people apparently have no balls.
They probably need a sun blocker factor 1000x when they go out in the light.
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Because that want to have the cake and eat it too.
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WE INTERRUPT THIS POSTING TO ANNOUNCE THAT A DMCA NOTICE HAS BEEN GIVEN BY STEVE JOBS OVER THE ABOVE-
'We interrupt this notice to announce that we are suing Steve Jobs for defamation. Please reassign all copyrights over from Valve Corporation to Apple at your earliest convenience, or else we will take a bite out of the Apple."
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Turns into a game of chicken - will the photographer back out and retract his notice before google gets concerned about liability and does the take down and forwards the notice on.
I'm guessing there's no way google will run the risk and will send anything they've got on to chilling effects well before things get dangerous for them.
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Whether or not they verbally "refused" to do so is not particularly relevant. If they received a valid notice and failed to disable access to the content, they are likely outside the DMCA safe harbor.
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What are the chilling effects on DMCA notifications to Google if Google gives them all to a third party? Is it somewhat of a cowinkydink that the site hosting them is chillingeffects?
It would seem that, at least in this case, that someone who would file a DMCA with Google is unable or unwilling to do it because Google is imposing conditions on that notification. Basically, "You cannot send us a DMCA unless we can send it to Chilling effects". Would that not limit the rights of the DMCA claimant, and directly have a chilling effect on their ability to make DMCA complaints?
It looks like they may actually be right here, by Google refusing to take DMCAs without imposing additional conditions on acceptance, they may in fact be in breach of the DMCA notification system, and as such liable.
It would take some good lawyering, but I can see it.
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Unless the DMCA claimant agrees to have the notice publiced on CE, they cannot file. If they file, the notice will be published. It creates a "conditional" which is not in the law. DMCA notice acceptance cannot be conditional on X or Y or Z.
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Google pointed out its going on CE, you seem concerned about that if you want you can retract the notice if it will cause you such terrible grief.
This is the same kind of bad logic used by debt collectors who hit answering machines "If you continue to listen to this message you agree that your the party in question".
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That isn't what it says. It says if you file, we will publish. The filer does not have to agree to anything.
You send me a letter, notice, anything, I will do what I want with it, if you don't like that, don't send me anything. A love letter is a private thing which the recipient may do as they wish with it, including burning it.
I've always laughed at these lawyers claims of not being able to show anyone... If you aren't intended recipient...what did you get wrong, the name or the address? How do I know which is wrong?
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I do get your chilling effects argument, and I don't think the irony should be lost on anyone. I would like to think that that it is Google's way of making a point.
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Google isn't creating a condition. Anyone can still file the notices at will, as required by the DMCA. Full stop. End of story. Google is in full compliance.
Now, here's the thing: if you file a notice with Google, they'll publish it to Chilling Effects (apparently), as a matter of policy (for transparency and whatnot). This is a completely separate issue from the DMCA takedown mechanism. Also, it's perfectly legal (I think): you were sent a takedown notice, you complied, you can now post it online for everyone to actually see that you complied. Seems reasonable.
Sure, you can try to ask Google not to do that, but since they are not required to do anything more than what the DMCA takedown mechanism requires, then are free to ignore you (or just say no). So they do.
There, did that make it more clear?
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Unless the DMCA claimant ACCEPTS to have the notice publiced on CE, they cannot file. If they file, the notice will be published. It creates a CHAIN OF EVENTS which is not in the law. DMCA notice acceptance IS NOT conditional on X or Y or Z.
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Look at it this way. CE.org is providing a free archival service of what has changed. The Internet never forgets.
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It created a "conditional" situation.
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It created a "conditional" situation.
Legally they can't stop Google from following it's own policy.
They are not required to "agree" - they can protest all they like about what Google does. (an Google is within its rights to pass the protests on to CE!)
If they want to stop Google from passing the request on then they would have to go to court and get an injunction - good luck with that thiough - cos there isn't a law to do it with.
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You cannot file a DMCA notice with Google without the notice ending up on CE. If you do not want to be on CE, you have to give up your rights to file a DMCA with Google.
What Google is doing is legal on it's face, but creates a chilling effect that takes away DMCA protections from someone who does not want to be listed on CE.
On a site where people complain about rights being "trampled" all the time, it is amazing that you cannot see that this creates a real problem for people who would want to file a DMCA with Google.
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I agree that for some, this might create a reluctance to file a DMCA notice. Good. One good chilling effect deserves another.
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Oh, that's right, because it would piss of fans.
I am pleased with Google's policy.
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Whose rights are being trampled, here? Assholes who don't want the public to know that they're assholes? Sorry, that isn't a right enumerated anywhere I can think of.
In fact, not allowing people to post DMCAs would be a violation of an actual right, namely the first amendment.
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I guess the real question is why would it matter at all if the takedown notice is posted? Seriously?
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That's a nonsequitor. I can see how this creates a problem for people who want to do secret takedowns. But there's no right to do secret takedowns, so this is not trampling anyone's rights at all.
And, as other commenters have said, if you want to do a secret takedown, it seems highly likely that what you want to do is shady to begin with.
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> chilling effect that takes away DMCA protections from
> someone who does not want to be listed on CE.
That's like saying the Open Records Act and Freedom of Information Act create a chilling effect on dealing with the government.
"If I can't keep my dealings with the government secret, I have to refrain from dealing with the government."
Or the fact that court transcripts are public record creates a chilling effect on the ability to sue.
"If I can't keep the record sealed, I might decide not to exercise my right to sue."
None of those are valid arguments for allowing people to lock up valuable public policy documents and neither is it a winning argument in this case.
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I can see perfectly that this creates a real problem - and I think that it is a GOOD THING.
The thing is it only creates a problem for people who want to do something that it pretty anti-social. After all "nothing to hide, nothing to fear".
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It is not a stipulation, it is a consequence.
It will be published if filed.
Your ex-partner keeps writing you love letters. You tell them the next one will be published.
Does this mean they can't write you anymore love letters unless they agree to publication?
In other words, is that a condition of them writing another letter or a consequence?
If you hit me, I will hit you back.
If you don't want me to hit you, don't hit me.
The choice is yours as to whether or not you want to hit me. My hitting you is a consequence of you hitting me, not a condition. You can hit me whether you want me to hit you back or not.
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It created a "conditional" situation.
It did not. In fact, it was the photographer who created a "conditional" situation.
Let's try an analogy. The photographer sends a takedown notice to Google, and also demands that Google pay him $20 (for lost wages, compensation for the infringement, whatever).
Google refuses, and says "we can either honor the DMCA notice without sending you $20, or you can rescind the notice. Your choice."
Would Google be creating a "condition" for this artist to follow? Of course not. The photographer would be creating a condition, which is well outside the bounds of the law, on Google.
Just as is the case here. In the takedown laws, there is not even a hint that DMCA notices have any expectation of privacy. Furthermore, that flies in the face of accepted legal practice, which usually requires that legal filings be made public (absent special circumstances).
The idea that Google would lose DMCA protections for this is absurd. Essentially, that would mean that any content holders could put any conditions in the takedown notice that they wanted, and Google would be blackmailed into following them.
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Actually, given the standard phrases of the idiot trolls here, I should have said "demands that Google make him a sandwich" or "demands that he can kick Google in the nuts."
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No one gives a shit what the DMCA claimant accepts or doesn't accept, only what Google is obligated and not obligated to do under the law. They are legally required to comply with the takedown pursuant to the DMCA's provisions. They are absolutely not legally required to keep the takedown secret or legally prohibited from republishing the request. Just as Google's policies are not the law neither are the claimant's wishes.
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You are arguing that there is a statutory duty to takedown material. It it were true, then that's state action.
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What Google said, is if you don't want your notice to be public, don't send it to Google.
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Where did they say that? When they get a notice, they follow the DMCA by removing the offending content. If the notice also stipulates that they can't post it to ChillingEffects, they ignore that part and post it anyway, because that request has no force of law.
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The only limits on that ability to do whatever they want are copyright and contractual obligations. The documents are not generally considered copyrightable and there are no contacts between Google and the other party.
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The DMCA stipulates what is required in a valid notice.
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Nowhere in the post does it say this.
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That could be taken as an indication that they are doing nothing until they receive further info.
That seems to be how the attorney/blogger is interpreting it: "So by refusing to remove the copyrighted material, Google is now potentially liable for the infringement."
Of course, I have no idea if that's true or not, but that seems to be the basis for her conclusion that Google may lose its safe harbor status.
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I would imagine if they receive no response that they will wait the maximum allowed time before taking down the content and publishing the notice because Google would rather publish something the attorney/blogger doesn't like than lose their safe harbor status.
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Kind of like the people who tried to copyright the notices to stop them from being posted to Chilling Effects.
They probably informed him that it was going to be posted to Chilling Effects and offered him a chance to keep it hidden if that was his desire as he made a point of adding that condition. They answered his demand and gave him a chance to change his mind if he was so worried about the notice being public.
Again they never said we will not process your notice, they said you can't tell us to not post it after we takedown the material.
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No, they are saying that the claimant CAN NOT put conditions on the notice.
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There is nothing that says that the notice is private or secret, it is a notice. They are posting the notice publicly as has been done with all sorts of legal notices.
Again Google never said they will not take the notice.
The sender wishes to impose extra rules on the exchange.
Google informed him if he does not want the notice to be seen publicly, then don't send the notice.
If he has a valid leg to stand on, why does he fear people knowing that he was behind it. If it was his work, people will figure it out anyways.
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there is no requirement of secrecy, with DCMA takedowns, and no expectation as such in law for it. if you send a notice to someone else, and no prior expectation of privacy was set up, you can't magically make it appear when you hand the document to them. If you can make that rule, they can make the rule to refuse to accept the paperwork, and then you still didn't get what you wanted.
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No, republishing the complaint in no way what-so-ever limits the rights of the DMCA claimant. The claimant is entitled to write the notice, Google is obligated to reply, but their obligation to the claimant ends there. You are attempting to obfuscate the issue by implying the claimant has a right not to have their claim published without their consent but this right does not exist under the law. Therefor what you're actually suggesting is that the claimant can curtail Google's right to publish corresponding they receive simply because the claimant wishes it.
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Because reading the actual exchange shows that Google never said no. Google offered him a chance to protect himself from being exposed on CE as this was of great concern to him.
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It is possible it wasn't a valid notice to begin with, which is why Google broke out the so simple the MPAA can do it webform.
And then he sent his message about not wanting it to appear, and they explained the only way to have the notice not appear is to not file it.
His personal information would be redacted, so I am still curious why he was so terrified of his takedown being published.
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If they don't take down the material after receiving a valid notice, they lose their safe harbor (though I could see a judge trying to contort the DMCA in Google's favor in this case since they were trying to be nice about the guy's request).
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Google could be the real jerk here, ignore this guy's request, remove the content, and put the C&D on CE.org. This guy would have no recourse as Google is well within their rights and the law.
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You also seem to assume there is a defined legal limit as to how long one can wait before removing content without losing safe harbor status.
Neither assumption is warranted, in my view.
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You keep saying they appear to have refused the request. The language they specifically used was, "[...]you may rescind your complaint and we will refrain from removing the content in question." This indicates that their default action without further input will be to *comply*.
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I think I've stated pretty clearly that I don't know what Google is actually doing in response to the notice, and that *if* they decline to take action after receiving a valid notice, then their safe harbor status is at risk.
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I doubt this guy could launch a successful lawsuit claiming Google's action in this case was not expeditious, just because of this response.
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Rationals for not wanting your notice, noticed.
A. Not the actual copyright holder?
2. A questionable claim (fair use, or other exception possible)?
c. Negative communication revealed to potential markets?
IV. Hiding revenue from the IRS?
E. Other forms of profit...?
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Yellow: We hate Google!
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One wonders if he signed one of those contracts that some of the acts have been using to seize all the pics taken, and he just wanted to make a photo go away.
Or if a band used one of his photos without permission and he thought he could get it yanked.
Or if he did something really stupid and they put up a photo of him and he wanted to black it out.
Better question.... why was he DMCAing Google rather than the site hosting what he was trying to get rid of?
Curiouser and curiouser, trying to stifle a criticism?
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A wild clue appears.... It uses hint... its very effective.
It was specifically for GooglePlus.
Any bets he didn't want to get flack for someone using it as their pic and him taking it down?
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Isn't this a critical part of the LSAT?
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Why is it?
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Now from what I've read here it seems Google hasn't actually refused to comply with the request to remove copyrighted content. All they've refused is a request not to publish the DMCA.
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It could be a complete failure to properly craft a notice.
Google replied and said here is the webform you can use to file a DMCA notice.
He read the webform and saw Oh hey they are going to put this on CE and well I don't want that. He then contacted them and said No you can't do that. They informed him that was their policy to send on all DMCA requests to CE, and if he does not want to appear on CE he could rescind his notice.
His concern was not that they would not take down the content, but that they would make it clear he was behind the takedown.
Then law blogger decided that Google said they would not remove the content, but her own post offers nothing to support this claim.
The main issue is some people want to remove their content and not suffer any negative responses. If they were just protecting their content most people would have nothing to say other than... well there are other ways to deal with these sorts of things.
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How is that "unresolved"? The "this form letter is copyrighted" scam already failed. The DMCA doesn't state that it is forbidden, so it is allowed.
There, I resolved it for you. :)
The issue presented in my blog post is that Google refused to take down the allegedly infringing material unless Jason consented to the dissemination of his take down notice.
Google didn't refuse anything. Jason tried to add something to his DMCA taketown request, namely, that it not be shared and Google responded by saying that the only way it won't be shared, per their policy, is that if it isn't issued at all. They then gave him the opportunity to rescind the takedown request.
I can't see a refusal there at all. How can you? Are you suggesting that if Jason sent a takedown and amended it to say that Google can't ever throw it away, that when Google said "our policy is to throw it away when we're done, and they only way we're not going to throw it away is if you don't send it" that they were refusing the takedown request?
This seems like a scummy move by yet another scummy lawyer.
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Jason didn't want anyone to know he was responsible for the content being taken down.
You do not provide his original "Takedown Notice" nor "The Webform Takedown Notice" anything else that he wrote to Google.
Your not even sure the content he was targeting was actually his.
You might want to see the recent story here about someone removing all of the content from major labels with false DMCA notices here.
What you have done is presented a one-sided argument that fails to meet the requirements of being truthful. You make some amazing "logical" leaps, but have nothing to support your opinion of the situation. What you want the law to say does not change what it actually says.
Google seeing the great amount of distress Jason was showing about the notice being on Chilling Effects (redacted of personal information to stop your next but but but) and his demands outside of the scope of the law about the notice.
Google explained if he did not want the notice to be on CE then he could rescind the notice.
They gave him a chance to make a decision, because he seemed more concerned about people seeing the takedown more than someone "stealing" from him.
They did not tell him you have to approve this being on CE or its not going to happen.
They let someone who was more concerned about looking like a douche by taking down photo(s) from a fans Google+, reconsider the decision.
(And I can't even be sure about that as this is all happening in a vacuum. He could have been trying to take down a photo someone took of him that shows him in a bad light.)
You might want to let him know that even if the notice had never been on CE they still would have figured out he was behind the takedown.
While you offer them a long list of things to try to protect their copyrights, which is impressive, the leaps you make in this case call into question your thinking.
I stand by my previous protip.
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Why do you believe that to be true? The language from Google quoted in your blog post does not make that clear.
It certainly could be interpreted that way, but it's a bit ambiguous.
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Sent wired through my HP PC device(viewable using another HP device) through Netgear router via cogeco cable high speed internet..
Envoyé filaire grâce à mon appareil PC HP (consultable à l'aide d'un autre appareil HP) par routeur Netgear via Cogeco Câble Internet haut-débit ..
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Why identity should not be disclosed
RISK OF HARM and CYBER-STALKING
Let's say some psycho on blogger is stealing / using my intellectual property on Google's blogger service and I want it taken down, according to this "policy" the only way to do it is to allow Google and ChillingEffects.org to publish my name publicly in relation to the takedown.
If I go through with it and the infringing party really is a total psycho cyber-stalker, they will now have more information and might just decide to track me down and do harm to myself, my property, or even someone associated with me.
That is beyond unfair and also goes against the legal provisions of data centers around the world. If some web site started using my protected content I could simply submit an abuse report to the data center that hosts the web site, and the ONLY party that will need to know and confirm my identity is the data center.
In fact, anyone who runs a web site knows this - if a complaint is sent to your upstream provider and they have been supplied with sufficient proof of ownership and infringement, then your data center / host will demand that you remove the content from your web site within a certain amount of hours or else they'll shut down your site. They will NOT disclose the identity of the complainent to you (and for good reason!). As long as there is sufficient proof of ownership and infringement, the host / data center must comply with the LAW and resolve the situation.
If you were to ask your data center / host "who is complaining about me" they, BY LAW, can NOT disclose that information to you. (And again, for good reason).
This is not some flimsy / light argument. The reason I'm even posting here because I have a friend who is dealing with a real case of what I'm describing. She has a web site (on which she does not disclose her identity, and has privacy on her domain registration) and on that site she publishes copyright protected intellectual property. Recently a blogger.com user started linking to a bunch of things on her site and eventually taking her copyright protected graphics and images and using them in his blogger posts. This offender is a total psycho and that is easily confirmed by reading the things he posts on not only his blogger account but also on various discussion forums. The individual sounds dangerous and unstable in the things he types.
So in order to put a stop to the abuse and infringement being perpetrated via the psycho's blogger account, my friend must submit the DMCA and then agree to have her identity be published so that this psycho can potentially track her down and potentially become a threat to her safety. Seriously??
How will Google and Blogger and ChillingEffects.org defend themselves when someone ends up in the hospital or dead over a psycho who didn't like being DMCA'd?? (With lawyers and fine print of course).
But seriously, I'm not kidding - I have a friend who is being abused and infringed upon by a blogger user, but she is scared to death to submit the DMCA because it will disclose her identity to the infringer who just happens to appear to be a dangerous psychopathic cyber-stalker!
How is that fair at all?
I can see that the popular opinion in these replies is that anyone who submits a DMCA takedown but does not want to be publicly identified must be a coward, but I'd like to hear from some grown-ups on here who can see the potential danger involved in a woman trying to protect her intellectual property while at the same time being cyber-stalked by the offender who is using her content on his blogger page.
I'll join the minority here and speak up - THE PRIVACY OF THE RIGHTS HOLDER SHOULD REMAIN IN-TACT, SO LONG AS THEY CAN PROVE TO THE ISP/OSP ABUSE DEPARTMENT THAT THE CLAIM IS ACCURATE. IT IS NOT FAIR (nor safe! nor legal!) TO DISCLOSE THE CLAIMANTS IDENTITY IN ANY CASE OF CYBER CRIME.
Blogger's / Google's policies should not be allowed supercede Federal law nor FCC regulations, expecially in case where the victim's safety and well-being could be at stake. Blogger / Google / ChillingEffect are putting those who wish to protect their intellectual property at risk of much worse potential crimes.
It sickens me that nothing has been done to put Google / Blogger / ChillingEffects in their place when it comes to this. If the burden of proof can be satisfied to the abuse department of the service provider, then that should be the end of it without any disclosure of the identity of the complaint.
Just like all of you here have a right to report a spammer and that spammer can be stopped (once the complaint is verified as legitimate) does not have the right to know you did so, you all should be able to protect your web estate and have it removed from infringing sites without having your identities disclosed publicly (nor to the offender) in conjuction with the DMCA submission.
All REAL providers / data centers abide by the law. Why should Blogger and Google and ChillingEffects be exempt? The only "policy" that was "agreed" to was by the offender, not the victim.
Google / Blogger / ChillingEffects is basically saying "hey, if you don't want your property back, we're going to have to expose you to the theif".
There's a reason for the two-way mirror in a criminal lineup. It's called protecting the victim of the crime.
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But seriously, I'm not kidding - I have a friend who is being abused and infringed upon by a blogger user, but she is scared to death to submit the DMCA because it will disclose her identity to the infringer who just happens to appear to be a dangerous psychopathic cyber-stalker!
If her livelihood can be so easily ruined by any dangerous psychopathic cyber-stalker who wanders along, she should probably revise her business model. Also, crafting laws to meet the needs of every fringe case can be dangerous. Just because this happened to one person, we should prevent Google from publishing DMCA information? I'm not saying it's not a problem, just that the solution could be even worse.
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Or, stated differently, how much money needs to be in your wallet before you will try to disarm an armed robber? By trying to disarm them, you are exposing yourself to danger.
"...who just happens to appear to be a dangerous psychopathic cyber-stalker!"
Appearances can be deceiving.
Not sure how you go from blogger to stalker.
If you are afraid of a dark alley, do not walk down it.
If you go for a restraining order, will the police tell the person who they are being told to stay away from?
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Getting claimant info when not published?
I believe the claims against me were malicious, and no counter-claims have been followed up with action, but cannot pursue the matter without details of who it was, and the site fails to reply to my requests for the claimants information, so where do I stand on forcing them to give me the info??
Cheers.
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Only if it's subject to copyright, which a legal notice probably is not.
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i have rescind my DMCA complaint
I request google to erase a picture from picasa account because it was personal picture and i forgot the gmail password. I explain in my email to google why that picture is danger to me and my family. After one month i found the password and i delete the picture, but Google already sent my complaint to third party "chilingefects.org".
So one day i was googled my name and the complaint that i made to Goggle was there on chilingefets site. There was a problem because i sent to google my full name my telephone number and that personal family problem (i had to explain to them why that picture is hurting me and my family, and unfortunately i told them the truth). And all my explication is now released to the public.
In October 2012 i had rescind my DMCA complaint and the chilingefects.org has erase my complaint from there site.
But now in february 2013 is there again.
The problem is what i wrote to google is the truth but can hurt my reputation if people will google my name and will read that complaint.
And once i rescind why is again there. When i rescind my complain is like i never made it, in the first place, so why are the people from chilingefects still posting my complaint?
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