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Originally Posted by ServerGenius
Yes they are but just linking to the material without having it on your servers
to the best of my knowledge isn't illegal.....google does the same.  |
It is. First of all its facilitating a service specifically aimed at sharing pirated content. Its not like the site have a category for sharing vacation pictures. Its primary focus are copyrighted content.
The way Google indexes sites are different, and that have also been made clear by the court.
There have been loads of cases in the EU with "Deep-linking" as they call it, where even kids below the age of 15 get fined huge amounts for posting links on forums. (the case against Sharereactor.com)