[163333] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: Canadian Hosting Providers - how do you handle copyright and
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Sameer Khosla)
Wed Jun 5 18:35:54 2013
From: Sameer Khosla <skhosla@neutraldata.com>
To: "nanog@nanog.org" <nanog@nanog.org>
Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 22:27:59 +0000
In-Reply-To: <51AEC8A5.4030606@namor.ca>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
My personal favorite is the number of notices that we receive as DMCA taked=
own notices, citing the specific laws. =20
Most of the notices come from people who are unable to comprehend that US L=
aws don't apply outside of the US.
Sk.
-----Original Message-----
From: J [mailto:nanog@namor.ca]=20
Subject: Re: Canadian Hosting Providers - how do you handle copyright and t=
rademark complaints
Voluntary notice-and-notice. Mostly automated based on ACNS reports that t=
he majority do. Haven't really dealt any takedowns.
On 13-06-04 06:44 PM, Landon wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm wondering how other Canadian Hosting Providers handle copyright=20
> and trademark complaints about customers on their network. I'm=20
> thinking of just handling them the same as a DMCA notification should=20
> be handled but since there's no forced takedown provisions in the=20
> Canadian copyright act (that I know of?) it's difficult to say what is=20
> better. I'd kind of like if our customers could enjoy some freedom=20
> from the sledgehammer of the DMCA
> *but* still being subject to copyright and trademark infringement laws=20
> of course. I have to admit - this is my ignorance. I'm quite=20
> familiar with the DMCA and the litigation that usually ensues during=20
> american trademark infringement already but not Canadian copyright laws o=
r trademark laws.
>
> I do intend to consult with a real lawyer about this eventually but I=20
> want to have intelligent questions or suggestions before that happens.
>
> Also how are trademark infringement issues handled differently than=20
> copyright issues in Canada?
>
