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Originally Posted by gideongallery
1. they are not legally obligated to under the law
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i am not legally obligated to run your face across a cheese grater if i caught you stealing my shit , but i will
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2. doing so will cost them business when their competitors don't follow suit
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so do lawyers who turn down child molesters, but i bet they sleep better at night.
in this case there isn't much of a competition , the competition wouldnt allow it either.
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3. That an extra cost - the question comes down who is going to pay for it
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if they lose that much money from sites that host stolen content or underage content then who cares.
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simple business, if something cost you money and doesn't give you a benefit it is unreasonable to expect someone to do it.
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umm there are plenty of benefits. processing for legal sites that actually paid for their content means everyone gets paid , the models, the hosts, designers, affiliates = more cash in the system = longer shelf life = more money for ccbill