DMCA ignored hosting, explained

What the DMCA is

The Digital Millennium Copyright Act is a United States law from 1998. Its best known part is notice and takedown: a copyright holder sends a notice to a host, and a host in the United States that removes the material quickly is protected from being sued over it. That protection is why American hosts take sites down within hours of a notice, often without checking it.

Why it has no force offshore

The DMCA applies to providers in the United States. A host in another country is not bound by it, so a DMCA notice sent there is a letter, not a legal order. It carries no deadline and no penalty. What applies instead is the copyright law of the country where the server is.

Our live location is Chișinău, Moldova, outside the European Union and outside the United States. A complaint about a server there is judged under Moldovan law.

What happens to a complaint at Nyra Host

1. A person reads every complaint. Nothing is taken down by a script or an automated system.
2. A copyright complaint has to name the work, the exact address of the material and the person making the claim.
3. Unless it concerns something on our never allowed list, we forward it to you and give you 48 hours to answer before we do anything.
4. We act only on a complaint that is valid under the law of the country where your service is hosted.

What is never allowed

Tolerant hosting protects content that other hosts turn away for being controversial. Malware, phishing, spam, fraud, attacks on other networks and abuse material are never allowed in any location. The full list is short and sits in our acceptable use policy.

Your domain matters too

A complaint can also go to the registry behind your domain, which can act on the name whatever your host does. If your site has to stay online, pick an extension known for tolerance, such as .to, .st or .is, and register it privately.

Tips for site owners

• Read every complaint we forward and answer within the window, even if only to say why it is wrong.
• Keep your own backups, so a dispute never costs you data.
• Keep an abuse contact on your site. Complaints that reach you first rarely need to go further.