[58376] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: DMCA Violation?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mark Radabaugh)
Fri May 9 18:16:27 2003
From: "Mark Radabaugh" <mark@amplex.net>
To: <nanog@merit.edu>
Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 17:05:14 -0400
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
----- Original Message -----
From: "Daniel Senie" <dts@senie.com>
> The Lucasfilm folks sent a blanket note to some or all folks registered as
> ISPs under the DMCA which said to look for files named <long list of file
> names> and delete those from your servers if you find them. The file names
> were of trailers for Star Wars Episode I. We told them to piss off and
only
> send us notices if they had ACTUAL EVIDENCE of violation. They were
> attempting to get ISPs to do their work for them and hunt down violators.
>
> We never did hear anything further from them. I have to wonder how many
> ISPs actually acceded to their demand.
>
Hum... Same letter and same response from us. I figured some lawyer made a
lot of money sending those out.
Mark Radabaugh
Amplex
(419) 720-3635