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Mutt · 02-20-2006, 03:47 PM

GUBA boggles my mind - they don't just provide access to Usenet the way an ISP does - they create thumbnails of the hundreds of thousands of the photos and videos posted to the newsgroups and host those thumbnails on their own servers - and charge money partly for that service - each thumbnail is a copyright infringement the way I read the law - but apparently
it's not that cut and dry because GUBA and the other sites like it continue to thrive. copyright cases involving Usenet are very complicated - it is much easier to track down and sue an individual who posts copyrighted material to Usenet then to sue a GUBA or Google. It may be such a daunting task that GUBA has never been sued. GUBA is in not like Kazaa.

i just find this very ironic because Playboy who owns this board now are notorious for protecting their copyrights anywhere and everywhere including Usenet.

02-20-2006, 03:47 PM
Mutt Too lazy to set a custom title Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 34,431	GUBA boggles my mind - they don't just provide access to Usenet the way an ISP does - they create thumbnails of the hundreds of thousands of the photos and videos posted to the newsgroups and host those thumbnails on their own servers - and charge money partly for that service - each thumbnail is a copyright infringement the way I read the law - but apparently it's not that cut and dry because GUBA and the other sites like it continue to thrive. copyright cases involving Usenet are very complicated - it is much easier to track down and sue an individual who posts copyrighted material to Usenet then to sue a GUBA or Google. It may be such a daunting task that GUBA has never been sued. GUBA is in not like Kazaa. i just find this very ironic because Playboy who owns this board now are notorious for protecting their copyrights anywhere and everywhere including Usenet. __________________ I moved my sites to Vacares Hosting. I've saved money, my hair is thicker, lost some weight too! Thanks Sly!