Fotix Posted November 20, 2002 Share Posted November 20, 2002 public service announcement courtesy of slashdot Taken from Fatwallet We have been given DMCA notices regarding the posting of "Black Friday" sale prices from the following companies:Wal*Mart Target Best Buy Staples While we believe that sale prices are facts and can not be copyrighted, We have made the business decision to comply with the dmca notifications. Our reasoning for this is very simple - Our mission is to serve consumers - If we were to choose to fight this battle, It would require more resources than are available - and we would no longer be able to serve consumers. I fully expect this story to be making news sites as early as today. Part of the DMCA Safe Harbor provisions state that in order to qualify for safe harbor protection, we must have no knowledge of the infringing activity. If we become aware of the removed content being reposted on our site, We have no choice but to remove the content, or forfeit our safe harbor provision. I respectfully ask your cooperation on this matter. On a further note - We have been, and will be in further contact with the EFF, as well as ChillingEffects.org. if you're not outraged, you're not paying attention. The DCMA was seeming just a bad anti-tech law, now watch as big corporate America lays waste to all small business. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts