DMCA protection NOT automatic

[Lettered]

... I hope everyone who runs/owns a website that allows users to post are aware of this:

http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2010/10/dmca-righthaven-loophole/

[Matthew Chan]

I saw that. Next time I speak to Oscar, I have to run it by him and see what he thinks about that.

Matthew

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

Any thoughts on this.... I own a design and development company, but also offer web hosting to my clients, if these clients do choose to host with me, they have access to the servers, and the ability to upload, whatever they see fit, images, pages, post, ect...i'm wondering if register for the DCMA takedown if that would cover me from future issues, or would i need to register for every single domain I am hosting...any thought, opinions appreciated..

[Oscar Michelen]

Without doing any research on it, I believe one registration for your hosting company should protect you without having to pay for each and every one.  That being said, how many are involved? If there aren't too many and the cost can be rolled into the hosting fee maybe its better to be safe than sorry

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

I currently host over 300 domains, haven't run into any issues as of yet I'm just thinking ahead as it were.. most of the domains are registered by the client or registered on behalf of the client with my compant only listed as the tech contact. So I'm thinking that much like Getty handles things it would most likely be directed at the owner of the domain..Still going to look into this further as it's not that much of investment for a little extra peace of mind.