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Originally posted by Armed & Hammered
If not and you have something illegal, guess who is liable for that content? Since the thumb is hosted on your site, you're just as guilty as the gallery owner in the eyes of the law. Would simply linking to the gallery using a text link be just as bad as having the image on your server?
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If you have something illegal on your site, then 2257 compliance would become a moot issue in that you wouldn't be in compliance..
If you have a text link to illegal content, you could possibly be looked at as assisting in the promotion of that content..
Either way.. 2257 wouldn't apply.. and further.. 2257 applies to those who actually produce or manufacturer the content..
from 18 usc, 2257
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the term ''produces'' means to produce, manufacture, or publish any book, magazine, periodical, film, video tape or other similar matter and includes the duplication, reproduction, or reissuing of any such matter,
but does not include mere distribution or any other activity which does not involve hiring, contracting for managing, or otherwise arranging for the participation of the performers depicted; and .....