A proxy server is a computer that you configure your browser to tunnel HTTP requests through. It does not change the content it is forwarding. It will often cache requests. Proxy servers are within the DMCA "safe harbor" provisions, because they don't change anything.
A web site that reproduces another site is not a proxy server. It's something else. A cache, perhaps? Under 512(b)2A, a cache is only a safe harbor if it passes data "without modification to its content". What does that mean, exactly? Well one judge decided google cache was OK, but didn't explain why. IMHO, I think the judge played a little fast and loose with the law, because the way it is written, what google does is really not OK. You can read more about these issues here: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/01/16/debunking-the-dmca-caching-loophole/ On May 7, 2012, at 10:23 AM, Geoffrey Spear wrote: > > > On Wednesday, April 18, 2012 11:06:35 AM UTC-4, Joshua Smith wrote: > If it rewrites the links then, I'm sorry, it *isn't* a proxy server. > > > > A proxy server that doesn't rewrite links would be completely unusable; you > wouldn't be able to navigate at all (or, e.g., load images, CSS, or > javascript) without it being unproxied (and, if you need to be using a proxy > server, thus probably blocked entirely). > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/-xtNUYSN88EJ. > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
