Libgen Storage Decentralization on IPFS

Re:Libgen Storage Decentralization on IPFS by jakobdabo on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @12:00PM (#25211360)

Am I understanding it right that DMCA takedown requests apply to a URL?

Maybe IPFS can introduce a feature to generate one-time URLs, e.g. `oneTimeURL = f(realURL);`.

Websites then can generate new URLs for example every hour or even for each client request. Copyright bots will file a DMCA request to a URL which only they have.

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Re:Libgen Storage Decentralization on IPFS by ALittleLight on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @06:22PM (#25215420)

I believe this is similar logic to what MegaUpload used. i.e. They would allow users to easily create links to content, and if DMCA'd would invalidate the links but leave the content alone (and the users free to generate arbitrarily many more links to keep sharing copyrighted content).

It kind of worked for MegaUpload. Their founder got rich and a version of the company still exists. However, the founder is also gradually losing a long court battle and may find himself extradited to the US where he will face significant jail time.

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Re:Libgen Storage Decentralization on IPFS by judge2020 on Wednesday November 25, 2020 @12:30PM (#25211764)

In general DMCA takedown requests reference a URL to locate infringing content, but the actual requests ask that the content itself be removed and not just the URL.

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