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Originally Posted by Brad Mitchell
Ok so you think it's legal to post movies on your websites where you don't own the copyright or haven't been given the right to do so? That's not a question of ethics or emotions, this is one of legality. The absence of receipt of a DMCA complaint doesn't make hosting a copyrighted file any more legal that it would be to run down the street with stolen property after robbing a liquor store if the cops didn't catch you.
Brad
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It is specifically legal according to the law. Also, if copyright infringement was considered theft you could have people that "steal" from you prosecuted for theft. That sir is not the law and you know it.
You are pulling a Hillary and pandering to the bitter middle class webmasters in order to sell more hosting accounts.
The DMCA was created because of people thinking like you. Do you cry when Google uses your content without permission or is that ok because they send you a few hits for the trouble? Who cares if they are worth hundreds of billions thanks 100% to content they did not create.
The RIAA is not running around demanding prosecution of copyright infringers because it is not considered theft. It has it's own name.
My point is your moral outrage is hilarious considering you are in the business of hosting content that causes more moral outrage than damn near anything else in the world. If we start policing the internet based on morals there wouldn't be a single website left.