[tahoe-dev] any progress on rebooting the Test Grid?

[Ted Rolle Jr.]

There's some specific law which is relevant in this case, and it says what
Zooko said.

>
> It's the "Safe Harbor" provision of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act,
> codified in 17 USC section 512.  Basically what it says is that if you
> operate an on-line service and someone uploads material to it which some
> copyright owner claims is infringing, you can completely shield yourself
> from all civil and criminal liability if you immediately take it down.  If
> in fact it was not infringing, the person who uploaded it can send you a
> letter saying so and then you can put it back up, without fear of any
> liability, while the uploader and the copyright owner duke it out.
>

This is good to know.  Thanks, Shawn!
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