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Old 03-10-2010, 07:32 AM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by Robbie View Post
That's because scumbags have made it a loophole by using it as a way to get away with bullshit that honest people can't get away with. If it were only used in the manner in which it was intended then it would be just fine. But the fact that a producer is required to keep all kinds of records at great expense and possible prosecution and jail time from the govt., and then some asshole can just put up a tube site and an "upload" button then create a username for himself and upload anything without worry is not fair, not right, and it's destroying many of the major studios.
except that arguement is total bullshit because the if you can PROVE that is what they are doing the safe harbor and this exception does not apply.



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Originally Posted by PornMD View Post
It's only a loophole because anyone with a brain understands that the "user submissions" on these large tube sites are anything but. No way to prove that in a court of law of course but cmon.

What everyone should be looking at is to see if there's any other possible industries where this business model of getting everyone's copyrighted content, using "user submission" to get it online, pleading ignorance as to any of it being copyrighted material, only having to take it down when you've been asked to, and making tons of money off of it. I'm not sure if there's other industries with this kind of business model but hell, see how well it works for the big tubes?
your bitching because the concept of innocent until proven guilty
the fundamental principle protects people from being railroaded makes it difficult to procecute them.

of course that same principle keeps you out of jail when little jim steals his dad credit card to gain access to your site, so the question comes down would you want principle struck down for everyone including yourself.
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