I haven't read the article, but I am quite sure that the Digital Millenium Copyright act specifically allows user generated content to have a note like we do under the Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act.
<br><br>Our license is a different issue, b/c that only pertains to if we put up already openly licensed material, our license may not be compatible. This is the equivalent of a copyright violation, and they holder would have to notify us.
<br><br>If we wanted to be perfectly legal however, our note is not sufficient. We have to fall under the requirements for "safe harbor". There are a few things that we haven't done. For example, I believe we have to (and probably l should) become a registered agent (this costs a nominal fee). This is so if people take a claim against us to the Copyright Agency, they have an address to contact.
<br><br>A good description is actually at wikipedia here:<br><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Copyright_Infringement_Liability_Limitation_Act#Requirements_to_obtain_the_safe_harbor">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Online_Copyright_Infringement_Liability_Limitation_Act#Requirements_to_obtain_the_safe_harbor
</a><br><br>Since we aren't a real organization, either someone will have to put their name on it... or we ask MIT to do it. Anyways, something to bring up at the next Steering Committee meeting. <br><br>Sri<br><br><div>
<span class="gmail_quote">On 10/27/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Reshma Shetty</b> <<a href="mailto:rshetty@mit.edu">rshetty@mit.edu</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
I thought that this article (if true) has interesting implications for<br>potential copyright violations on OpenWetWare.<br><br><a href="http://www.slate.com/id/2152264/">http://www.slate.com/id/2152264/</a><br><br>The basic gist of the article is that hosting content that violates
<br>copyright is not a big problem as long as you take down the content<br>expeditiously once notified. This particularly applies to sites that<br>host user-generated content.<br><br>Note that <a href="http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Copyrights">
http://openwetware.org/wiki/OpenWetWare:Copyrights</a> provides<br>a mechanism for people to notify us about content on the site that<br>violates copyright.<br><br>Our situation is slightly more complicated since all material on OWW
<br>is licensed under both CC-SA and GFDL.<br><br>Personally, I think we should discuss the issue of whether to permit<br>people to choose alternate licenses for uploaded files. Mediawiki has<br>the functionality to permit you to do this. I am undecided however.
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