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Originally Posted by topnotch, standup guy
How about if instead of us dealing with 10 day waiting (for nothing to happen) periods, CCBill chooses to simply stop processing for file lockers?
Period.
Problem solved 
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Because you'll never know when CCBill stops allowing that shit. Not if they follow the law. At some point CCBill would decide to straighten up and fly right, correct? Since they are in the US, they are legally required to follow the DMCA, or lose all protections it offers. Following DMCA means they HAVE TO wait until they get a complaint.
They can't, under DMCA, engage in their own hunt for copyright violators. If they did, under DMCA they suddenly become responsible for any violations they miss. Instead, under current law they have to respond to proper notices, not engage in their own search. That's what we want them to do - follow the law by shutting down sites after a DMCA notice, following the procedure required by that law. If you never send them a notice you'll never know when they've decided to be johnny-on-the-spot taking down those sites.
Maybe you want them to take sites down without notice and maybe that's what should happen, but under the law they can't do that. Not without taking on the impossible burden of finding all violations. DMCA basically says that if a service provider takes it upon themselves to look for violations, they become liable for any violations they missed.
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