>Fair enough
Not fair at all. First of all, if the blog and myspace post are accurate, then the ISP is citing their TOS as the agreement that requires this. The TOS here dated June 16:
http://www.ixwebhosting.com/index.php/v2/pages.tos#q21
says *nothing* about copyright registrations being required or any other provenance for hosted content. If they don't have some other reason for the service outage, I'd speculate that they're making up the "terms" as they go.
>why record label dude doesn't simply register
I see no indication of how many files we're talking about. Depending on how it's structured, $35/file could add up to cash that a struggling artist does not have. They probably would not be needed later either, as I think most folks are inclined to respect CC license provisions.
Still, it's hardly a problem going forward. If the label's report bears scrutiny, then the IX brand is toxic.
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