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Smokey, if you offered EXACTLY the same services as Geocities (webpages) and had a staff like they do to check violations and close down sites, you would likely be in the clear.
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ok let me know how many staff i need
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However, I looked at your program here, and essentially what you are doing is taking videos, watermarking them, attaching a clickable link, and then hoping people will post them into blogs or onto webpages, giving you tons of free links in return for the bandwidth used.
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Geocities doesn't just host images, they host websites.
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exactly , we agree , geocities is much worse than i , as they host tons of shit not just videos pics and music
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They don't watermark images, they don't play with the content.
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umm go to a geocities page.. there has always been a watermark on the pages
I dont watermark the images or videos , the advertsising is added in the same fashion as geocities , thru javascript
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You are intending to reformat
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no reformattig takes places
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and represent the content.
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i think you mean misrepresent , and im not.
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Even with autoamted tools (ie, you don't manually do the work yourself) you are violating copyright because you are redistributing without a license.
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license is granted to me by the uploader upon clicking the button
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Please note the very large lawsuits against Youtube.
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i note them.. when they close i will too
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Please note Falcon Foto's recent settlement regarding copyright violations.
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different scenario as im not charging a fee to access the site.. but i dont know the particulars so its kind of hard to say much other than a settlement means they werent charged ith doing anything wrong
many reasons for a settlement , not the least is the cost of a legal battle.
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Just because you came up with a techie nice way to do the deed doesn't make you less guilty of violating the copyright.
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violating the copyright would be knowingly displaying material i know the uploader does not have rights to display .. i dont know that nor would i until someone pointed it out..
( dont get me wrong im not naysaying your point im just playing devil's advocate here )
you havent even heard how i plan on curbing pirates.. its kinda early for you to be naysaying it
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I long since figured out you are very smart, but with this one, you are dancing on the head of a pin.
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i have been on your side for a long time , trying to be vocal , nobody cares, no lawsuits to speak of , those that are settled for peanuts to profit..
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After all, where does the content come from that you will be allowing other people to use?
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from the users, who's to say it has to be used in a negative fashion..