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Originally Posted by BoyAlley
-Begin I am not an attorney but here's my opinion rant-
There are common carrier exceptions to the 2257 statutes.
GFY is covered under those, as are sites like Google.
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I don't see how Google is the same since users post the material on a public forum (which is acting as the carrier of goods from one party to another) as opposed to Google who goes out and seeks/repackages/redistributes the content on their own without the permission of at least one of the parties involved.
Like the other guy said it's total bullshit. Large companies with the resources to put up a fight are given a pass while the smaller guys get fried.
Oh, this is one interesting tid bit to extend the common carrier arguement since there still seems to be a level of accountability on the part of Google if it is in fact a common carrier:
"A common carrier is absolutely liable for goods carried by it"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_carrier