[Foundation-l] Deleting blatant copyright violations from the database

[Anthony]

On 8/12/07, Brian <Brian.Mingus at colorado.edu> wrote:
> http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/
>
> > In order to qualify for safe harbor protection, an OSP must:
> >
> >    - have no knowledge of, or financial benefit from, the infringing
> >    activity
> >    - provide proper notification of its policies to its subscribers
> >    - set up an agent to deal with copyright complaints
> >
> > Reverting a copyright violation seems to violate the first point.

Only if you have actual knowledge that the version is indeed a
copyright violation, which would require at the very least knowing
that the material is copyrighted, knowing that it is being used
without permission, and knowing that it is not fair use.

<blockquote>Actual knowledge is not an opinion about infringement i.e.
"I think this is infringing" or "this is copied from another site,
therefore it is infringing".</blockquote> - [[OCILLA]]