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As far as I know BREIN also protects the content of non dutch content. If you're just downloading I wouldn't be worried about it too much unless you're doing lots of public tracker torrenting.
I have had a 16TB dedi with hetzner and been running torrents/plex on it for a long time, no problems at all
DMCA causes more problem than it solves.
That's because the North Korean government does its own DMCA enforcement. If they catch you watching or listening to anything that might be covered under DMCA, they send you and your family directly to the gulag. :-(
Did you mean: Concentration camp
I mean south korea.
Yes. Concentration camp. In this context, "gulag" means a certain kind of evil, oppressive concentration camp for political prisoners, where inmates often die after being overworked, starved, and tortured.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulag#Contemporary_usage_and_other_terminology
DMCA is like online cyber bullying.
I hosted the site with a hosting company in India but they were also using GatorHost possibly reselling for them so they took the site down. My concern is if the foreign hosting company does business with any US provider that they will comply to avoid issues with their relationship with the US provider.
If the host is US based, or they are reselling US based or the servers are in the US, then DMCA applies to your data.
If you are hosted with a non US provider, in a non US location (not resellers / customers of US corporates) then DMCA is not applicable.
@Marc_R
What is this about? If it's about theory you might want to ask a lawyer in the relevant jurisdiction.
If this is about practial issues you may want to consider the following:
dmca is but 1 tentacle of the octopus. What it's really all about is that the usa and close friends and interest groups (e.g. content mafia) have been - and still are to an ever declining extent - the de facto masters of this planet. wto is but one of the many faces of that conglomerate.
Now to your concrete example. netherland is traditionally strongly uk and us oriented and it's a eu member and so the NL parliament is bound to implement eu directives as NL law. With Germany it's even way worse. While many think Germany is quite liberal and free, this actually just part of the show; in fact, Germany is still an occupied zone and under full usa control. This goes so far that, for instance, usa agencies qute commonly act in any way they please without the german authorities having any right whatsoever to rule in. Moreover the usa has the major telecom provider right at the balls because deutsche telekom has a lot to lose in the usa.
So, just forget all the nice democracy blabla. German authorities will follow usa orders, period (and so will the NL authorities in most cases).
As some here correctly stated, many content related laws are actually sensible. usa or not usa - thou shalt not steal or rob!
Again, let's be realistic. That issue doesn't even arise when you, say, put a game or a movie (which you legally obtained) on your server to share it with family and some friends behind a password. And when that issues arises, chances are, there is really a problem, i.e. that you made available publicly content without proper authorization.
Of course (almost) everybody loves to get something for free but that doesn't change the fact that it's (often) illegal - and rightfully so.
So, in the end, there is too much theory in this whole thing, both concerning the legal reality (freedom blabla, when, in fact most eu-ropean countries dance to usa's tune anyway) in the factual reality (no dmca notice for sharing with a couple friends and family).
And with lots and lots of free and/or open source stuff (code, images, music, etc.) available the real solution is simple: Don't host or do illegal stuff. Stay on the clean side. Simple as that. (Or act competently in case you're drawn to the dark side - which includes not aquiring relevant info here).
Canada just requires ISPs to forward copyright notices to customers -- http://torrentfreak.com/canadian-isps-vpns-now-alert-pirating-customers-150102/
Hi,
I've started this thread in 2013 - it is 2015 right now, you could say that i lost interest in the entire DMCA thingy. ontop of that i originally started this thread because i was doing alot of copyrighted torrenting and wanted to know what the legal stances would be in X situation. these days im making more use of services like Xbox music, Netflix, Steam and pay for all of them because they're more convient.
Why does any Think that US law applie to other countries?
USA Can Think and do WTF They Want inside US law wise - No other sane country Will give a shit.
Americans tent to Think that the Whole World Should follow a US court order or a US law. Nothing could be more wrong.
DMCA does NOT applie outside US teritorys, unless the Company is based in US.
Many other countries has there Own copyright laws which are simmelar to DMCA.
Bottom Line is that DMCA Can not enforced in another country.
@Mark_R
My error. Didn't look at the date but just assumed thata thread on page 1 is a current topic.