From 5d4a81adf6df5ae06761fa8b636aae7eff2da333 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheFrenchGhosty <47571719+TheFrenchGhosty@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2021 20:53:06 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Write the takedown contest template for the EU (#174) * Write the takedown contest template for the EU * Replace the word mirrored by the word proxied * Reword a few sentences * Space things up --- Takedowns.md | 19 ++++++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Takedowns.md b/Takedowns.md index e966b6c..edb6850 100644 --- a/Takedowns.md +++ b/Takedowns.md @@ -17,9 +17,11 @@ Hello, I am writing on behalf of {{website}}. I am the webmaster of {{website}} and all of its subdomains. -I see you are filing a claim for {{invidious instance url}}. {{invidious instance url}} hosts Invidious, a private YouTube front-end, meaning it is simply a proxy to access YouTube assets and user generated content without tracking from Google. Thus, all content is mirrored from YouTube and is not stored on our servers and if YouTube chooses to remove an asset, it will no longer appear on our site. Under United States copyright law 17 U.S.C. § 512(a), part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we cannot be liable for content that "is transmitted through the system or network without modification of its content." It should be noted our server hosting {{invidious instance url}} is hosted in the United States. +I see you are filing a claim for {{invidious instance url}}. {{invidious instance url}} hosts Invidious, a private YouTube front-end, meaning it is simply a proxy to access YouTube assets and user generated content without tracking from Google. Thus, all content is proxied from YouTube and is not stored on our servers and if YouTube chooses to remove an asset, it will no longer appear on our site. -In the meantime, while we cannot control the content on YouTube that our site proxies, we recommend that you send a claim to YouTube. +Our {{server hosting}} {{invidious instance url}} is hosted in the United States. so the United States's laws apply. Under United States copyright law 17 U.S.C. § 512(a), part of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, we cannot be liable for content that "is transmitted through the system or network without modification of its content." + +As such, all takedown requests must be sent to Youtube, as we don't have any control on the data that they have on their servers. Thank you, {{name}} @@ -28,5 +30,16 @@ Thank you, ## Sample Template (EU) ``` -To Do +Hello, + +I am writing on behalf of {{website}}. I am the webmaster of {{website}} and all of its subdomains. + +I see you are filing a claim for {{invidious instance url}}. {{invidious instance url}} hosts Invidious, a private YouTube front-end, meaning it is simply a proxy to access YouTube assets and user generated content without tracking from Google. Thus, all content is proxied from YouTube and is not stored on our servers and if YouTube chooses to remove an asset, it will no longer appear on our site. + +Our {{server hosting}} {{invidious instance url}} is hosted in the European Union, so the European Union's laws apply. Under the directive 2001/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 May 2001 on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society, "temporary acts of reproduction referred to in Article 2, which are transient or incidental [and] an integral and essential part of a technological process and whose sole purpose is to enable: a transmission in a network between third parties by an intermediary" is allowed, and legal. + +As such, all takedown requests must be sent to Youtube, as we don't have any control on the data that they have on their servers. + +Thank you, +{{name}} ```