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I see nothing about letter bombs or death threats.
Here are the death threats: https://www.gelderlander.nl/nijmegen/huub-bellemakers-gl-wor... Rumoured letter bombs were around new years (Cobras). They were rumours, mind - it's not like they've made specific claims.
North Holland is quickly rising in datacenter fame... They also have an ongoing conflict between local and higher level government about Microsoft building a huge datacenter and using all their renewable (wind) energy.
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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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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/
You can't enforce a DMCA claim against an entity without ties to the US. You can enforce a copyright claim against an entity in a jurisdiction that respects copyright, but you're going to need to use that jurisdiction's procedures. I'm sure these companies don't throwout local court summons, but a lot of copyright holders (or their agents) send out DMCA claims and don't follow through beyond that.
This is less obvious than it might appear - the US has pushed to include DMCA-equivalent claims in international trade deals.
E.g. The proposed UK-US Free Trade Agreement explicitly includes negotiation around intellectual property rights: https://ustr.gov/sites/default/files/Summary_of_U.S.-UK_Nego...
50% of known CP is hosted in Netherlands. A country smaller than New York state.
This is hilarious, I wish less sketchy companies would do this to DMCA requests.
50% of known CP is hosted in Netherlands. A country smaller than New York state.
Also a hotspot for drugs trafficking, yet with a pristine official record of corruption, ranking as one of the ten least corrupt countries in the world. These seem incongruous, somehow.
These have been listened to, and a campaign to undermine criminality by law enforcement has been setup with moderate success. The issue is known in government and action is being taken. At the same time, our value and expertise is largely in logistics. Government tries to balance economic interests against crime fighting.
Meanwhile we are a huge logistics hub with a relatively small police force (cause we are a small country). So it makes sense that we are attractive for criminals.
What worries me most is the port of Rotterdam. It is big, vital, and known to have quite a large criminal element embedded in the workforce. Fixing that whilst keeping the port operational is probably quite difficult.
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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. --- 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 i…
> A DMCA claim (or takedown) is when a copyright holder notifies a service provider that they have infringing material on their site/service. It is also known as a “Notification of Infringement”. For example, Twitch has these guidelines for submitting DMCA claims. Essentially it boils down to send in writing who you are, who is infringing your rights, how they’re doing it, and swear under penalty of perjury that you are telling the truth.
https://blog.pretzel.rocks/lets-take-a-minute-to-talk-about-...
50% of known CP is hosted in Netherlands. A country smaller than New York state.
Also a hotspot for drugs trafficking, yet with a pristine official record of corruption, ranking as one of the ten least corrupt countries in the world. These seem incongruous, somehow.
A pristine record with whom?
I've worked for several years, on and off, in the Netherlands (and enjoyed doing so, mostly), and it has always seemed to me that they simply ignore any crimes and corruption they can't be bothered with.