Okay, now *this* is a security issue. First off, let's set some boundaries - the DMCA is *law* therefore it has to be obeyed by corporations (Google) unless they are prepared to fight it with their legal staff (not likely). So let's not waste bandwidth bashing the DMCA. There's better fora for that. Also, mea Culpa - IANAL.
BTW, pls don't anyone misconstrue the previous paragraph as an endorsement of the law. I just don't want to waste peoples' time with DMCA rants on FD. Now, if you scroll down this Web page you can find Google's policy for affected sites to protest their exclusion. All they have to do is identify their material of dubious nature, identify themselves (name, address, etc), sign the paper (which makes it legally binding, and give it to Google. So, if you have mp3 ph1l3z or whatever on your site and Google excludes your URL because of the DMCA, and you write them a "counter notification", what you are doing effectively is giving the DOJ (or whoever decides to chase after the nasty software/music pirates) the ammunition to come and kick down your door and confiscate your servers and charge you with DMCA violations. For those of you who don't know (this is gonna get me in a lot of trouble, but WTF) Google searches are monitored by agencies that care about things like crime and terrorism. Don't ask me to validate that assertion, because there's no way that I can or would. Call me a conspiracy nut, but it is and they are. 'nuf said. G On or about 2003.10.02 20:55:31 +0000, KF ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > http://www.google.com/dmca.html -- Gregory A. Gilliss, CISSP Telephone: 1 650 872 2420 Computer Engineering E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Computer Security ICQ: 123710561 Software Development WWW: http://www.gilliss.com/greg/ PGP Key fingerprint 2F 0B 70 AE 5F 8E 71 7A 2D 86 52 BA B7 83 D9 B4 14 0E 8C A3 _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html