US Web Hosting Company Sued for Contributing to Infringement

You would think that the DMCA safe harbour provision would protect a web hosting company from the actions of their customers. That’s not what a judge and jury found as one web hosting company was dinged $32 million for hosting a website with trademark infringing material. Prosecutors are calling it a landmark decision when they successfully sued two web hosting companies and the owner of the websites for trademark infringement .

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