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Originally posted by UnseenWorld
They get around it, they told me, because the newsgroups are immune from copyright infringement for the reason that they, like the phone company, are "just like a wire" that data passes through, and like the phone company, are not responsible for how people use the wire.
This sounds like a bogus argument to me, because they select certain posts (the ones with photos) and put them up, but that is what they told me.
Pictureview even posts pics from some of the "pedo" categories, and I'm amazed they're still in business.
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It is a bogus arguement. I am surprised pictureview hasn't been sued, yet, although you never know what happens behind closed doors.
Als Scan sued Remarq (supernews) and won quite easily. There are not too many newsfeed providers carrying the alsscan newsgroups anymore, or playboy etc. amongst others.
I think if someone really laid into pictureview, a lawsuit could be won. Alsscan did it to a company that probably dwarfs pictureview. Would cost a lot of money, though.