Re: [dvd-discuss]DMCA and the Church Of Scientology

["Ernest Miller" <ernest.miller(at)aya.yale.edu>]

The Google issue is a take down issue of the DMCA.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dean Sanchez" <DSanchez@fcci-group.com>
To: <dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss]DMCA and the Church Of Scientology


> I was basing my statement on news articles which cite the takedown
provision as the reason for the removal.  One such is  foxnews:
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,49699,00.html.  I know that depending on
the media for accurate info can be dangerous, but when taken with a pound of
salt, it may be useful.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Hosgood [mailto:steve@caederus.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 17, 2002 9:32 AM
> To: dvd-discuss@eon.law.harvard.edu
> Subject: RE: [dvd-discuss]DMCA and the Church Of Scientology
>
>
> Dean Sanchez writes:
> > I think that it is referring to the part of the DMCA that was added to
> > indemnify ISPs from copyright infringement - the takedown notice.
> >
>
> No offence intended to you Dean, but:
>
> Google (who are a search engine, not an ISP) are being accused of
*copyright*
> violation just because they list some other site (not scientology.com)
first
> on a list of things found after a search for "scientology"?
>
> There must be more to it, or surely Google would tell them to go stick
their
> heads in a lavatory and pull the flush.
>
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