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Re: The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland

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Post by PeterisP »

vonwoodson wrote: post #14
fallingknife wrote: post #6

> When the hoster receives an official request from the US to remove copyrighted materials – a DMCA takedown notice – the men do nothing about it, says a person who saw it happen. „DMCAs are just tossed in the wastepaper basket.” Subletters even advertise this ‘service’. „DMCA ignored” reads one advertisement offering space in the „state of the art Ecatel DataCenter, located in Amsterdam”. The Dutch hosting company d…

Copyright laws are international. If you think WIPO won’t enforce a DMCA claim because “American laws don’t apply outside of the US” (Bwahahahaha! Ha hahah! gasp HAHAH!! Ha! Ha! Ahh heh heh heh... oh, my...) you’re kidding yourself. https://www.wipo.int/

The core copyright laws e.g. the Berne convention are international and pretty much universally accepted, however, DMCA goes way beyond that, and several key provisions of DMCA - including the specific takedown process and the prohibition on distributing DRM-circumvention tools - is USA-specific law that does not have an equivalent in many other jurisdictions.

Re: The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland

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Post by masklinn »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #8
raverbashing wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes (he should have known not to take liquids as hand-luggage on a flight) Edit: as hand-luggage

Can you not take spirits, wine, or beer (sealed) on a flight in the EU? EDIT: Removed question about duty free, answered by replies below. Odd, as in the US, there is no limit if in your checked baggage if below 24% ABV, and 5 liters if 24% - 70% (carry on has much stricter limits [3.4oz or less that can fit comfortably in one quart-sized, clear, zip-top bag], but is still permitted). https://www.tsa.gov/blog/2019/06…

> Can you not take spirits, wine, or beer (sealed) on a flight in the EU? How do duty free shops work if that’s the case?

The duty free is inside the secure area, you've already passed security.

Re: The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland

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Post by h2odragon »

iandanforth wrote: post #25

Hosting center known to multiple nations as a hotbed for illicit activity that surprisingly hasn't been shut down? Yeah that's a compromised system.

It makes life simpler, when the usual suspects are all in one easy to watch place.

Re: The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland

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Post by korijn »

the-dude wrote: post #19
radicalbyte wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A version of Buzzfeed who put letter bombs through left-winger's mailboxes, regularly make death threats to left-wing politicians and generally act like a they're living in some third world anarchist state.

Sources please.

It was on the national news couple days ago, too many to list but here's one article: https://nos.nl/l/2373565

I don't know about death threats though. But I for sure would feel intimidated as hell.

Re: The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland

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Post by the-dude »

korijn wrote: post #34
the-dude wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Sources please.

It was on the national news couple days ago, too many to list but here's one article: https://nos.nl/l/2373565 I don't know about death threats though. But I for sure would feel intimidated as hell.

I see nothing about letter bombs or death threats.

Re: The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland

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Post by korijn »

the-dude wrote: post #35
korijn wrote: post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was on the national news couple days ago, too many to list but here's one article: https://nos.nl/l/2373565 I don't know about death threats though. But I for sure would feel intimidated as hell.

I see nothing about letter bombs or death threats.

That's right.

Re: The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland

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Post by korijn »

the-dude wrote: post #37
korijn wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's right.

So it is not a source for the actual claims of the OP, right?

Sure. I guess I missed their point. I would consider it a source for the argument that they can't be compared to buzzfeed, and that people feel intimidated by them, but that's as far as it goes, correct.

Re: The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland

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Post by PartiallyTyped »

aww_dang wrote: post #21
fallingknife wrote: post #6

> When the hoster receives an official request from the US to remove copyrighted materials – a DMCA takedown notice – the men do nothing about it, says a person who saw it happen. „DMCAs are just tossed in the wastepaper basket.” Subletters even advertise this ‘service’. „DMCA ignored” reads one advertisement offering space in the „state of the art Ecatel DataCenter, located in Amsterdam”. The Dutch hosting company d…

Many of the robo-DMCA-claim firms simply search for the string of a movie title. If the page in question is determined by their poorly written software to include the content, a DMCA takedown request is spammed. No human confirmation is involved. One wonders who the abusers and spammers are in this situation. Of course some will claim that provisions exist for damages to be claimed in the event of false takedowns, bu…

personal story:

I remember uploading a BF3 montage on YouTube some eons ago when it was all the rage, no copyrighted music or anything. I received a DMCA claim by some spanish tv/broadcasting company or something along those lines, totally unrelated to my content.

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The fact that DMCA claims can be issued with no human interaction and no repurcussions is beyond me. If anything, the hosting company should at least issue penalties on false claims.

Re: The cesspool of the internet is to be found in a village in North Holland

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Post by the-dude »

korijn wrote: post #38
the-dude wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

So it is not a source for the actual claims of the OP, right?

Sure. I guess I missed their point. I would consider it a source for the argument that they can't be compared to buzzfeed, and that people feel intimidated by them, but that's as far as it goes, correct.

> and that people feel intimidated by them,

OP did not claim that, OP claimed letter bombs and death threats. I ask for a source on that, and you provide a link which does not deliver at all.

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