[Foundation-l] Wikimedia domains, SOPA, Godaddy and MarkMonitor

[Michael Peel]

Hi Domas,

I'd like to see more information here. What activities are MarkMonitor involved in with the 'anti-piracy fight'? Are they involved in filtering all peer-to-peer traffic, or just the traffic that contravenes copyright law? As a domain name supplier, what is their relation to ISPs, and how do they practically provide this filtering? What evidence do they supply to copyright holders - I assume that this evidence is related to who has registered which domain, since (as domain name providers) they shouldn't be in a position to provide any other (non-public) information here? How do they monitor titles?

I'm asking this out of genuine interest. My understanding of domain name providers in general is that they provide a service that simply says "this domain name points to the server at this IP address", rather than them having any role in filtering, providing evidence, or monitoring.  I'm rather surprised to hear that their activities go beyond this.

I'm all in favour of moving the Wikimedia domain names from GoDaddy to MarkMonitor (and, tbh, I'm rather puzzled by why the WMF decided to use GoDaddy in the first place), I'm just rather puzzled by your statements here.

Thanks,
Mike
(NB: please note that although I'm subscribed to this list under my @wikimedia.org.uk address for the purposes of organising my incoming emails, I'm asking these questions on a personal basis.)

On 10 Mar 2012, at 19:23, Domas Mituzas wrote:

> Hi!
> 
> I hereby congratulate Wikimedia Foundation switching domains from
> pro-SOPA Godaddy to MarkMonitor.
> 
> Not that many people know, but MarkMonitor is ahead of the industry in
> anti-piracy fight:
> 
> * They have systems to do real-time content filtering for ISPs, that
> stop peer-to-peer piracy.
> * They provide evidence for largest media and entertainment copyright
> holders, that is accepted in civil and criminal courts.
> * They have state of the art systems to monitor millions of titles on
> peer to peer networks and send Cease and Desist letters.
> 
> There're way more anti-piracy activities that MarkMonitor does, and
> I'm happy that WMF and MM are joining their forces.
> I hope it will lead to better Creative Commons license enforcing, as
> well as detecting illegal use of content on WMF sites too, some day.
> 
> BR,
> Domas
> 
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