Re: Restricted Exit Policy Port Suggestions?

[Harry Hoffman <hhoffman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

In my opinion, more often then not DMCA takedown requests center around
file-sharing and also more often then not the takedown requests actually
have validity to them.

There are certainly instances where takedown requests are incorrect but
the frequency of them isn't high (again, my opinion).

My $0.02, after having processed many a takedown request.

If you want to exclude p2p, then I would bet that the amount of abuse
reports would plummet.


Cheers,
Harry

 
On Wed, 2010-08-11 at 08:44 -0400, andrew@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 03:05:24AM -0700, mikeperry@xxxxxxxxxx wrote 1.8K bytes in 55 lines about:
> : It's become clear that it is almost impossible to run an exit node
> : with the default exit policy in the USA, due to bittorrent DMCA abuse
> : spambots. I believe this means that we should try to come up with one
> : or more standard, reduced exit policy sets that allow use of the
> : majority of popular internet services without attracting bittorrent
> : users and associated spam.
> 
> Giving in to the automated accusations of DMCA violations is a sad
> statement on the contemporary Internet.  It seems the chilling effects
> of the DMCA are so palpable, no one wants to fight back any more, not
> users and not ISPs. See http://chillingeffects.org/ for more analysis
> and options on how to respond. Are there no ISPs/datacenters left in the
> USA willing to defend the First Amendment of the US Constitution and the
> user's legal protections under patent/trademark/copyright laws?
> 
> : 1. Low Abuse (above list, possibly minus 465, 587 and 563)
> : 2. Medium Abuse (above list, plus IRC)
> : 3. High Abuse (default exit policy)
> 
> I wouldn't call them varying levels of abuse, as the name alone implies
> exiting Tor traffic generates abuse.  It doesn't.  Many exit nodes run
> without incident for years.  We could probably better study/poll exit
> node operators and ask how many abuse complaints or dmca notices they
> receive over time to get more data on this topic.  And of course,
> everyone forgets their Tor exit relay will transmit TB of normal traffic
> without incident.
> 


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