From d03c024885e681e69e8615bcf6e833e3210f95a9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Diego <5572928+sguinetti@users.noreply.github.com> Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2022 13:59:03 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] Update FAQ.md Co-authored-by: LaneSh4d0w --- FAQ.md | 6 +++++- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/FAQ.md b/FAQ.md index a9365d9509..7198c0631f 100644 --- a/FAQ.md +++ b/FAQ.md @@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ Yes, we need the links to be publicly accessible like FTA packages (free-to-air) Based on [#480](https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/issues/480). ### Can I add a FTA channel that broadcasts PPV events or pay programming? -Maybe. Consider if the country where it is broadcasted allows fair use. Owners can ban the broadcast of PPV events, and even issue a DMCA takedown. Check the [blocklist](https://github.com/iptv-org/database/blob/master/data/blocklist.csv) for more info about specific events, and own [counternotice](https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/3ce1c9402c6b7e46dcbbea6ff866d6a44e75c72a/2020/10/2020-10-08-dfl-counternotice.md) indicating that a DCMA takedown is invalid if only one FTA channel infringes copyright. +Maybe. Consider if the country where it is broadcasted allows fair use. Owners can ban the broadcast of PPV events, and even issue a DMCA takedown. Check the [blocklist](https://github.com/iptv-org/database/blob/master/data/blocklist.csv) for more info about specific events, and this [counternotice](https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/3ce1c9402c6b7e46dcbbea6ff866d6a44e75c72a/2020/10/2020-10-08-dfl-counternotice.md) indicating that a DMCA takedown is invalid if only one FTA channel infringes copyright. + +Please remember that by sharing a link to a FTA channel, you are **indexing** the link, not **restreaming** their content. This subtility makes most of the DMCA takedowns false and invalid under law. +A good example of this would be [Perfect 10 v. Google](https://www.eff.org/fr/cases/perfect-10-v-google). +Some [valid takedowns](https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/issues/6486) do occur when a Pull Request is made to notify us that we should not index their channels. Based on [#6350](https://github.com/iptv-org/iptv/issues/6350).