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Originally Posted by The Truth Hurts
I'm thinking of suing Louisville Slugger cause one of their baseball bats was used in the smashing of my mailbox by some anonymous kids a few weeks ago...
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Originally Posted by FelixFlow
not the same
vbulletin's software is a tool that enables the trading of copyrighted materials - since they have been notified of it & haven't done anything about revoking licenses or implemented anything to deter this in any new or upcoming releases, then i see them as a facilitator & thus liable for damages
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The Truth Hurts is right. Just because they have the ability to revoke a license doesn't necessarily mean they are liable if they do not. And your argument that companies must include a kill mechanism to combat misuse laughable.
There are so many offline examples to back this up.
If a criminal rents a truck and the rental agreement prohibits the transportation of stolen property, is the rental place liable if they are made aware of misuse and do not call the truck back?
Is the rental place liable if they haven't "implemented anything to deter this in any new or upcoming [trucks]" as you say?
But the best example...
An adult bookstore is making and selling counterfeit porn, which is prohibited in their store lease. The copyright holder notifies the landlord, but he refuses to get involved. Is he then liable?