It can't charge the copyright holder, but could it charge to company sending out the notices if they aren't the CRH? :)
On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:17 PM, Keefe John <keefe...@ethoplex.com> wrote: > This has been discussed before, the DMCA safe harbor doesn't allow the > provider to charge the copyright holder for this. > > On 2/2/2016 12:03 PM, Josh Reynolds wrote: >> >> That's going to end up in a big mess of a lawsuit eventually. >> >> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 12:03 PM, Sterling Jacobson <sterl...@avative.net> >> wrote: >>> >>> Haha! >>> >>> >>> >>> If it’s against your AUP, make sure you have a clause in there that says >>> you >>> charge per incident. >>> >>> >>> >>> Then go ahead and charge the customer. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sounds like if you are just going to kick them off eventually, might as >>> well >>> try to keep them, but make it costly. >>> >>> >>> >>> If they don’t pay it, then they are off. >>> >>> >>> >>> Nothing legally wrong with it if its in your policy I think. >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Af [mailto:af-boun...@afmug.com] On Behalf Of That One Guy /sarcasm >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 2, 2016 10:57 AM >>> To: af@afmug.com >>> Subject: Re: [AFMUG] DMCA Time Management Fee >>> >>> >>> >>> Oh wow, youre seriously looking for a fight with customers >>> >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 11:31 AM, Jeremy <jeremysmi...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> What do you thing about charging a fee every time that a customer gets a >>> DMCA takedown notice. These notices take time to track down and follow >>> up >>> on. If we charged $20 every time it would make it not really worth it to >>> pirate that $10 movie. I would think that it should be legal, so long as >>> we >>> add it to our customer agreement. Anyone ever thought about this? Right >>> now we pass on 5 of them and then make them find a new provider. It >>> seems >>> like they would be less likely to hit 5 if they had to pay $20 for each >>> one. >>> We really don't want these guys on our network anyway, so no sweat if >>> they >>> just cancel. Is anyone out there charging customers a fee for these? I >>> know most of you just ignore them, but we like passing them on, as it >>> lowers >>> our overall usage. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> >>> If you only see yourself as part of the team but you don't see your team >>> as >>> part of yourself you have already failed as part of the team. > >
