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Originally Posted by Blazed
Good for you but it probably wasnt what i was talking about, did you sue them, did you get them shut down? If someone is a thief and breaking the law, they go to jail 9/10 do they not? People throw around these tubes are "illegal" for to easily because if they were illegal they would not still be running for 2 years.
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No, I think we all call them "illegal" because they have stolen content on them. And yes, we're all aware of the loopholes that are in place because the laws haven't caught up with technology YET.
But if this were only 3 years ago...you never saw someone else's content on an unlicensed site. Please believe me. One of the things I have done in this biz is own a content company from 1998 to 2002. Back then, this was a "closed business"
Everyone knew everyone and it was your ass if you had somebodies content. I didn't see the torrent thing exploding until late 2006. And now the tubes.
The laws pertaining to copywritten materials are far behind what is happening in technology. We all know that. So "yes" those sites with unauthorized content ARE technically "legal". But everyone here knows right from wrong. And it's only a matter of time until the situation is rectified.
In the meantime, there will be a short term money grab by people who know they are stealing and just using loopholes to cover their ass.
So "no", I'm not gonna take anybody to court. Already paid a couple of lawyers too much money to look into all of that last year. And FYI, no court in the United States will ever look kindly on a porn site. Judges are elected officials and it looks good for them to stick it to us. You won't find a friendly face sitting on the bench when you bring your case in. And on top of that you put yourself on the governments' "map" when you start that kind of thing. And that is NEVER a good thing. Especially since most of us have families.
What I did and what EVERYBODY needs to do is use every resource at our disposal to stop our content from being on the tubes and torrents. Once we secure our stuff and actively yank it off of the tubes and torrents...then the "problem" will be solved until the laws can catch up with technology.