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A comment on DigitalRev.com served with DMCA takedown notice by GoPro for review. Parent comment

Re:DigitalRev.com served with DMCA takedown notice by GoPro ... by rayiner on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @02:55PM (#5409358)
The hosting company doesn't have to take down the content. Rather, if they don't take down the content and it is later found infringing, then the hosting company can't claim the protection of the DMCA safe harbor.
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Re:DigitalRev.com served with DMCA takedown notice by GoPro ... by ceejayoz on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @03:46PM (#5409693)
Which is functionally the same thing. A court making a stupid judgement would result in the entirety of SoftLayer losing the protection.

How many times have we gone "how the hell did that decision happen?" with a patent or legal case? Seems like it happens daily.

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Re:DigitalRev.com served with DMCA takedown notice by GoPro ... by antiterra on Wednesday March 20, 2013 @10:21PM (#5412367)
But the allegedly infringing content in the DMCA takedown in this case is (nonsensically) a trademark, so the safe harbor wouldn't protect SoftLayer against anything.
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Re:DigitalRev.com served with DMCA takedown notice by GoPro ... by DannyBee on Thursday March 21, 2013 @01:19AM (#5413099)
It's not functionally the same thing, because there is nothing here for them to be liable for. "entirety of SoftLayer losing the protection"? What are you talking about?
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