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wlluminati

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Hello.
The question is for web developers.

I want to have a website with movies from external links. I want to automate the removing process of links on which comes complaint.

If I just add a complaint form on a website (with required video link) and then after hitting submit button remove automatically the video from the link they have written - is it a good idea?

I want to use contabo because of price. Offshore Windows servers are too expensive...
 
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If you implement it like that then no it's not a good idea because you're basically giving people the ability to delete everything with fake DMCAs. First of all, you never want to directly delete content in scenarios like that. Instead you can have a "takedown_requests" table in your DB with a foreign key pointing to the video/post and a "status" or w/e column that indicates if it's been accepted or rejected. Then query this status before showing the video or content and display a 404 if there's an accepted takedown request for it. AFTER doing that you can think about automating it in some way. But at minimum you should have a delay (ie 12h) between receiving the takedown and auto-flagging the content so you can intervene or override if needed. If the amount of takedowns is really low though it makes no sense to do this. Just have an accept/reject button and manually go through the takedown requests once a day.
 
wlluminati said:
Hello.
The question is for web developers.

I want to have a website with movies from external links. I want to automate the removing process of links on which comes complaint.

If I just add a complaint form on a website (with required video link) and then after hitting submit button remove automatically the video from the link they have written - is it a good idea?

I want to use contabo because of price. Offshore Windows servers are too expensive...
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This is a very lazy position.

I echo what @Hyperz said. You want all your hard work destroyed ?

Why not ignore dmca reports and make money instead lol
 
wlluminati said:
Hello.
The question is for web developers.

I want to have a website with movies from external links. I want to automate the removing process of links on which comes complaint.

If I just add a complaint form on a website (with required video link) and then after hitting submit button remove automatically the video from the link they have written - is it a good idea?

I want to use contabo because of price. Offshore Windows servers are too expensive...
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Streaming Movies Website with Contabo .........................First DMCA, they close all in the day !
 
Contabo is very bad. If copyright holders goto Contabo straight away and ignore your form, there is a good change they will give your details to these copyright holders.

Contabo is in Germany (or USA) and not suitable for anything warez and movies (either linking or hosting). There is a reason why they are cheap with tons of resources provided.
 
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If you implement it like that then no it's not a good idea because you're basically giving people the ability to delete everything with fake DMCAs. First of all, you never want to directly delete content in scenarios like that. Instead you can have a "takedown_requests" table in your DB with a foreign key pointing to the video/post and a "status" or w/e column that indicates if it's been accepted or rejected. Then query this status before showing the video or content and display a 404 if there's an accepted takedown request for it. AFTER doing that you can think about automating it in some way. But at minimum you should have a delay (ie 12h) between receiving the takedown and auto-flagging the content so you can intervene or override if needed. If the amount of takedowns is really low though it makes no sense to do this. Just have an accept/reject button and manually go through the takedown requests once a day.
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Thank you for detailed answer. So as I guess my idea just needed to add accept/reject option in order not to remove all the content.
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Dear users thank you for reminding me about Contabo with its DMCA policy.

However I use C# programming language with .NET Core technology. This means I need windows server is required which not comes for low prices as Linux/Centos does.

I really don't know, should I rewrite everything on PHP or continue C#?
Which Country should I choose for hosting? NL and BG?
 
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wlluminati said:
Thank you for detailed answer. So as I guess my idea just needed to add accept/reject option in order not to remove all the content.
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Dear users thank you for reminding me about Contabo with its DMCA policy.

However I use C# programming language with .NET Core technology. This means I need windows server is required which not comes for low prices as Linux/Centos does.

I really don't know, should I rewrite everything on PHP or continue C#?
Which Country should I choose for hosting? NL and BG?
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NL & Luxemburg.
 
NL is not completely safe ... I know Leaseweb and Evoswitch respond and are very strict with DMCA.

If you are looking for dedi offshore .... look at alexhost in Moldavia ... starts at 26 euros or so.
 
wlluminati said:
Hello.
The question is for web developers.

I want to have a website with movies from external links. I want to automate the removing process of links on which comes complaint.

If I just add a complaint form on a website (with required video link) and then after hitting submit button remove automatically the video from the link they have written - is it a good idea?

I want to use contabo because of price. Offshore Windows servers are too expensive...
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is a good idea if you make it so the links get flagged but not reviewed so you check them manually and remove any.. i am doing the same things for the porn website i do have.. for most of the content i have permission but sometimes users upload something where there is not.. so i have this kind of software..
 
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