[DiapDealer]

I'm for anything that gives rights-holders an easy way to report possible copyright infringement, and anything that helps speed up the investigations of said infringement. I'm against anything that allows those same rights-holders (or their appointed agents) to pressure ANYONE but the proper copyright authorities to "take down" content.

The fact that keeping up with piracy "is hard" has no bearing whatsoever on rights-holders' attempts to punt the investigative and the policing duties of potential infringement to parties who have no business performing such duties (regardless of how technologically equipped they may be to do so).

Copyright holders' rights should not trump due process simply because due process is time-consuming and difficult.

It's like requiring citizens who witnessed a potential crime to make an immediate citizen's arrest, or face legal consequences themselves if they don't.

EDIT: as for the ebook royalty portion of the announcement??... good on 'em. Nice to see the Guild fall out of lockstep with Big Publishing for a change.