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Originally Posted by GUNNER
"A federal judge has ordered ShowStash.com to pay $2.7 million in damages to members of the Motion Picture Association of America for posting links to pirated films on third-party sites.
The order this week came after a similar $1.3 million judgment issued May 7 against CinemaTube.net. The sites were also ordered to not engage in other activities that would infringe on studios' copyrights."
http://avn.com/internet/articles/30390.html |
Yes but the owner of a site posting links is not protected by DMCA. They're actually providing you with a way to get the stolen content.
We'll see how Viacom/Google comes out, but again show me where someone has been prosecuted for hosting "user uploaded" content, and respecting DMCA notices. I mean, YouTube is still around, isn't it?!?
Let's just call them "Immoral Tube Sites", and get focused on forcing updates to DMCA. That's what ultimately needs to be done to increase effectiveness of your ability to enforce your copyrights.