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Old 08-16-2009, 01:30 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by DeanCapture View Post
Gideon, quick question.....have you ever spent your money to produce content (pics & movies) and then seen it stolen and spread around the internet - used on other peoples sites? If you've taken your hard earned money, spent it on production costs to make a movie or shoot pictures....and then watched as other companies steal your work and showcase it for free on their sites, you might have a completely different outlook on this situation
content yes, movies and pictures no
i am a coder my scripts have been shared in the past

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Originally Posted by DonovanTrent View Post
I'm sure he'd recognize it as being "fair use" and "timeshifting" and he would respect their "safe harbor."
i did respect their fair use rights, i setup a private tracker for my customers.
it solves the problem fully (well until teen revenue screwed up the precedents by going after safe harbor protected tube site on unfair business practise bases )

it may not work as well now as it did back then but it still a lot better that whinning and crying about how unfair the law is and hoping and praying the government will step in to save you all.
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