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Originally Posted by RawAlex
Smokey, you know the difference - ones of things like control, intent, etc
Hosting companies that do not in any way control the content of the sites are considered "common carriers" or "innocent hosts". In the same manner that the phone company isn't legally liable for the content of a phone discussion, a hosting company (or bandwidth provider, or ISP) is not liable for the content of what comes down the wire, just that the wire works.
They aren't in the content business, they are in the service business, and thus have very little liablity when it comes to content. That being said, you can always send a DMCA notice to the host as a well as a domain that is using your copyright material without permission, and they are obliged to take action if their client does not.
If you rip a CD and put the MP3 files on your server, you are violating copyright. You host isn't.
Understand so far?
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I understand that you think me hosting a file is somehow different from geocities hosting a file. i dont understand why you would.. seems pretty obvious to me..
as i said EXPLAIN the difference between ME offering the same service geocities does.
do they not offer users to upload videos pictures and music and advertise on the same page ?
I am offering the EXACT same service only they dont have to enter an email from some free email place..
thats the real difference , and you seem to follow the sheep mentality that its ok that the big sites do it but not when i do it smarter lol
you summed it up fairly well in your last statement
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If you rip a CD and put the MP3 files on your server, you are violating copyright. You host isn't.
Understand so far?
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im not ripping anything i'm the host if someone rips something and puts it on my server , your saying its not me its them.. thats what im saying