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Old 08-14-2009, 07:48 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by EscortBiz View Post
exactly why the law needs to be changed and make it a criminal offense to be in possession of stolen digital goods, forcing tubes etc to verify ownership before posting the content vs allowing them to simply remove the content should the owners find it, meaning anyone hosting any sort of digital goods must have a paper showing permission to do so.

the day will come when the above will be law and it will be enforced, question is how many people will lose their business and jobs before that day comes.
right turn the conditional monopoly which is supposed to respect fair use

into an absolute monopoly which doesn't consider any fair use of the copyright work.

If you can only host with permission then no fair use is possible
good bye parody
good bye commentary
good bye free speach.
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