On 12/1/07, Ken Arromdee arromdee@rahul.net wrote:
I'll have to admit I made a mistake on this one, since policy does allow DMCA notices. It still seems bizarre, but it was obviously part of the policy for a while.
Well, nobody complaining about copyright infringement needs to fill out any sort of form, or consult an attorney, or have any idea what DMCA stands for, only to say "hey, you people copied my shit and I can prove it." and we take it down while the matter is investigated.
If he turns out to be trolling, and the content in question isn't actually plagiarized, we put it back up. Then maybe we block him for wasting our time, but never for any sort of "legal threat", even if he did mention suing us.
Copyright issues have always superseded "legal threats" issues as far as I know. Common sense.
—C.W.