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How BitSnoop Blocks Copyrighted Torrents and Why It Is DMCA-compliant

We receive a substantial amount of ridiculous DMCA-ish demands (to censor words in search, delete our site, etc.). This page is designed to explain our policy on this.

Such requests (especially funny ones) will get published on our site or blog.

Foreword

Bitsnoop.com is not USA/EU-based. Your laws are not our laws. We block torrents because we're nice guys.

How We Block Torrents

We remove .torrent file from our indexes — the file that can be used to download content allegedly infringing on your rights.

What Is Not Blocked

After .torrent file is blocked, we will still display Web page describing the torrent, containing:

1. Name of the torrent — not copyrighted by you.
2. Hash codes of the torrent — not copyrighted by you, not a link to copyrighted content.
3. Trackers list — you don't have copyrights on DNS names, not a link to copyrighted content.
4. Links to Google — use this page for further information. They are not links to copyrighted content either.
5. User's comments — copyrighted by our users.

Why Is It Compliant to DMCA

DMCA §512(d) reads:

A service provider shall not be liable for monetary relief, or, except as provided in subsection (j), for injunctive or other equitable relief, for infringement of copyright by reason of the provider referring or linking users to an online location containing infringing material or infringing activity, by using information location tools, including a directory, index, reference, pointer, or hypertext link, if the service provider —

...

(3) upon notification of claimed infringement as described in subsection (c)(3), responds expeditiously to remove, or disable access to, the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity, except that, for purposes of this paragraph, the information described in subsection (c)(3)(A)(iii) shall be identification of the reference or link, to material or activity claimed to be infringing, that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate that reference or link.

We disable access to allegedly infringing material.

To our knowledge there is no precedent case when web publisher was ordered to remove a mere mention (not a link) of existence of a torrent file in P2P networks. You're welcome to try and create such precedent though.

If you will continue to demand complete removal of information — we will ignore it.