If you
search for "Family Guy" on the popular BitTorrent
tracker TorrentSpy, you get a notice which reads 'This search query has been
blocked at the request of the copyright holder, in compliance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA")'. They
seem to be aiming for the exemption in the DMCA which says companies which automatically index files cannot be held
liable for infringement if they remove copyrighted files from their index at the request of the copyright holder.
However, they seem to have missed the mark, since a search
for just "Family" turns up dozens of episodes, and even entire seasons, of the show. Also interesting is that
a search for "American Dad", a show owned by the
same folks as Family Guy, doesn't return a DMCA notice.
Via Waxy Links.
1. hm. you think maybe it would be a good idea not to be calling attention to the fact people can still get the show under different searches?
Posted at 4:32AM on Dec 19th 2005 by bill