[pilif]

Even if you might not like it, you have to conform to the law. If the law says you can't kill somebody, you don't, no matter how much you believe they deserved it.

If the law says you take down a page after receiving a DMCA notice, you take down the page.

If you don't, you will be punished. That's how the law works.

WordPress not complying with the DMCA could have the effect of them losing their safe-harbor status which might very quickly lead to them going off the net completely. The monetary issue aside (going off the net would mean they lose all of their revenue), is it worth losing all WP.com hosted blogs just to temporarily keep one online?

[betterunix]

"is it worth losing all WP.com hosted blogs just to temporarily keep one online?"

The outcry from WP's users would help to push our politicians toward a real solution to copyright rather than another hand-out to well-connected corporations.

[dangrossman]

> WordPress not complying with the DMCA could have the effect of them losing their safe-harbor status

You cannot lose your status "globally" by choosing not to act on an individual notice. Each notice you respond to provides safe harbor from the potential copyright infringement suit over that one piece of material. All WP would be risking is being sued for that one interview, not the rest of their network.