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ACACIA IS going after TGP's and MPG's, Free sites, etc
Got that dreaded letter today.
quote..... You provide access to digital audio/video content via your website(s) without a license from Acacia, and are therefore liable to Acacia for patent infringement.
I do not have a single movie on any of my servers. I simply link to sponsor hosted movie galleries. Just like millions of sites do. So now ACACIA is going after anyone that even links to a site that has movies on it? This is getting stupid real fast. Hasn't this already been upheld in court that a website is not responsible for the sites it links too?
On a different note, I have avoided the Acacia threads like the plague until now. It is not that I do not care, it is because it does not directly affect me. The sites that have the movies on them are the ones that are responsible, or at least this was my understanding. If a sponsor I use has to reduce payouts in order to fight and/or settle with Acacia, then I would have no problem whatsoever in taking a reduced payout. But to say I am infringing when I only link to movie galleries? This is beyond absurd.
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