[BiteCode_dev]

It's infuriating but practically true. I had a few services that received illegitimate DMCA notices that I ignored. They were either blatantly fraudulent, automated junk or just not applicable to the law of the country where I'm hosting.

They escalated to either my hosting or my domain name provider, who then threatened to cut me off for not complying. No discussion with them would work in my favor. I had to comply with this BS. I got cut off several times for completely wrong reasons.

They don't care. It's not worth the legal risk for them. I'm not big enough.

So in the end, the US CAN indeed do that.

[direwolf20]

Anna's Archive has clearly discovered, by trial and error, which hosts work and which don't.

"DMCA ignored hosting" isn't even illegal. Ignoring a liability shield doesn't make you actually liable

[toyg]

Did you engage any lawyer/solicitor? Companies don't care about individuals, but they do fear lawyers.

[NegativeK]

My experience with lawyers helping me respond to other lawyers is "Stop interacting with that person".

Unless I'm spending way more money, I'd expect any company to fire me as a client as fast as legally possible if I threatened them with a lawyer.

[mattmaroon]

The US, or any nation state?