Warner vs. Seeqpod - Testing The DMCA Safe Harbour Provision
Date : 2008 01 25 Category : Web News
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The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) is pointing to the Warner v SeeqPod (PDF) copyright complaint, suggesting that the safe harbor provisions in the DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) could be tested in the courts
In essence, there are search engines online today that operate under the idea of 'if it's illegal, tell me and we'll take it down'. Sites like YouTube have a DMCA system where if a copyright holder can electronically complain about an alleged infringement under copyright laws. Such a concept could be put into question in this latest court battle with a member of the RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America)
The complaint says, among other things,
Defendant SeeqPod, Inc.