[EURO-Discuss] Fwd: [ALAC-Internal] Fwd: Re: [GTLD-WG] URGENT- ALAC statement on IRTP report

Patrick Vande Walle patrick at vande-walle.eu
Mon May 4 14:55:18 EDT 2009



Adam Peake wrote, On 4/5/09 18:10:
> One thing bothering me about the URS or any takedown system for that
> matter is how to guard against frivolous or knowingly false use of the
> process - where the request is groundless, the equivalent of the
> random takedown notices sent for YouTube etc, e.g. see Lessig and
> Warner bros
> <http://www.lessig.org/blog/2009/04/update_on_warner_music.html>
>
> I know some trademarks legislation imposes criminal penalties for
> "groundless threats of legal action", how about some kind of penalty
> for groundless threats of takedown...
>
> I am not suggesting amending the statement, it's good.
I share your concerns. I added a sentence to the draft to reflect that,
using much of your wording.

Patrick



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