The Digital Millennium Copyright Act(DMCA) provides protection against copyright infringement claims for the user-generated content, if the site owner observes certain “safe harbor” provisions set out by the law. These provisions provide that web site operators such as “theDirty” must take down claimed copyrighted content if the following notice is provided to them:
The name, address, and electronic signature of the complaining party
The infringing materials and their Internet location
Sufficient information to identify the copyrighted works
A statement by the owner that it has a good faith belief that there is no legal basis for the use of the materials complained of
A statement of the accuracy of the notice and, under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on the behalf of the owner
What is the gist of this legal mumbo jumbo? Once notice is given to the theDirty or similar site, it is required to expeditiously(within 72 hours) remove, or disable access to, the infringing/copyrighted material. There are also provisions for the site to notify the person who put up the content, giving them the opportunity to prove that the images do not infringe anyone’s copyright and have the images put back up. You can be subject to damages for making a false claim of copyright infringement. In the case of a site like theDirty and other anonymous rating sites, it seems unlikely that anyone would go to those lengths with the end result that the material would simply come down.
Go here for the Center for Democracy and Technology where you can read more about both subjects or click the links provided by thier names! Dont let the dirty or anyother website railroad you into thinking they have the upperhand, slimeballs like that dude need to be stopped he makes a living off what other people send him, he cant write he has no ideas of his own just what other people he steals off of! Stop the dirty!!
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