[heyimfromreddit]

This is scary.

I run a popular forum on which users sometimes post links to copyrighted materials – despite the fact that it's explicitly against the rules. Because of this I occasionally receive DCMA takedown notices regarding links that were posted 3-5 months prior (even though the links are often expired by that time). The last time it happened my hosting company was involved and threatened to suspend my account in less than 48 hours if I did not comply (harsh).

How easily could this bill result in an innocent site (such as mine) being taken down? Obviously the bill describes "steps" that have to be taken up to that point, but considering I was less than 48 hours away from my site being suspended for a 3 month old expired link to a video, I don't have much faith in the people entrusted to make these decisions.

Besides, isn't the DMCA enough?

[suking]

You were given 48 hours notice because that is what the DMCA dictates, not because your webhost were being dicks... They legally have to give you 48 hrs.