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Old 04-09-2009, 04:16 PM  
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Originally Posted by Splum View Post
Theres nothing you can do but send them DMCA notices. Blame Clinton.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital..._Copyright_Act
He extended it so people couldn't sue ISP's/hosts for what users are doing. That would be like making YOU responsible for what your surfers/members are doing with your content - when you have no control over the user.



Did you miss this part? Most of our Industry did.. This makes it CRIMINAL - And seeming Clinton merged the laws - It's a INTERNATIONAL CRIME that you can press charges on... going right around Copyright.


"It criminalizes production and dissemination of technology, devices, or services intended to circumvent measures (commonly known as Digital Rights Management or DRM) that control access to copyrighted works and it also criminalizes the act of circumventing an access control, whether or not there is actual infringement of copyright itself."
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