> From: Simon Poole [mailto:si...@poole.ch] > Subject: Re: [OSM-talk] Takedown notices > > I doubt that it would be wise or legally possible to publish the full > text of any takedown requests we have received, and if it is just for UK > data protection regulations. I do think it would be a good idea to > publish something along the lines of a "transparency" report on a > quarterly or similar base, however (DWG pls correct me) I don't believe > that outside of internal disputes there have been any noticeable number > of takedown or similar requests from third parties over the life of the > project to date so it is not going to make very interesting reading
We've had one valid DMCA takedown request, I think a couple of people asking questions via the form, and plenty of automated spam. A report would be pretty boring. I can't see anything that prevents us from publishing a DMCA takedown request - Google does this for their takedown requests - but this would something for the LWG or another working group to consider. I expect we'd want to blank out some of the contact information if we did publish. The person who the complaint is about receives a full copy of the takedown request and I know people routinely publish takedown requests they receive for sites they run. The DMCA process is very specific to copyright, but if it did cover trademark claims then the allegedly infringing material would need to remain removed until at least 10 business days after a counter-notice was received. The soonest this date would be is February 15th. _______________________________________________ talk mailing list talk@openstreetmap.org http://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk
