[Opensim-users] Content Theft and the responsibility of Grid Operators

[Karen Palen]

I think the essential requirement is very similar even though the
implementation differs a whole lot.

The person who claims to "own" the material being copied must present proof
that it is indeed being copied and not just a vague statement that " they
are using what looks a lot like my work".

That much is universal!

Karen

On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 9:52 PM, Anders Arnholm <anders at arnholm.se> wrote:

> 2010-06-01 19:34, dz skrev:
>
>  The sad fact of the matter is this...   If you open your grid to the
>> public,  you GIVE YOURSELF the responsibility to respond to appropriate DMCA
>> take down requests.  Because OpenSimulator is an alpha product, there are
>> not any real established "best practices" or step-by-step procedures
>>
>
> DMCA is a very US law, and few other parts of the world have yet any
> similar laws. Thats why the US press so hard in the ACTA negotiation for
> having that added. The proper way in Sweden here is for the person that have
> the copied item to either make a criminal case by making talking to the
> nearest police station. Or a civil case, sending in a request to the court
> to order the operator to give out the personal information they have on
> someone. The courts have also made changed many see as against the EU
> registrations to take down bandwith to the site PirateBay. The ISP have
> taken this to a sigher court instance so what that wil end in is not sure
> yet.
>
> In fact a ISP or grid operator is regulated to be not allowed to do some
> parts om the US DMCA laws unless a court takes the decition. They are not
> allowed to give out any information about there customers. They are not
> allowed to keep eccessive logs not needed for billing and so on.
>
> In the end the legal ways varried greatly with WHERE you are operating.
>
> Would I have a grid, a user agreement written wel may give me the right to
> take down users content when a creator asks me. I have no "obligations"
> until he court orders me. The situations is totally different here.
>
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