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Originally Posted by mr ploppy
Why waste time and money on DMCA takedowns when this is easier and more permanant? It's not as if all those independent creators using those sites for promotional purposes matter is it?
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Two problems:
1. The "Digital Millennium Copyright Act" only applies to web sites which fall under the jurisdiction of US law. These sites do not. (None of them is hosted in the US.)
2. These are sites which have a long and proven track-record of ignoring take-down notices.