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Old 09-23-2009, 03:03 PM  
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Originally Posted by kristin View Post
I should have replied/quoted Steve, hit the wrong one. Steve said they hide behind DMCAs ... which is half true. Since the owners of tube sites say it's user uploaded (and no one has proved otherwise, yet) then you have to follow DMCA. However, if you can prove in any manner that a company that runs the site stole your content, they CANNOT hide behind DMCA.
Well, that's why there should requirements about logging and reporting. German court already ruled similar to Rapidshare and Usenet ruled to be responsible for user uploads. This is individual cases, but when the "protection" become abuse on big scale, it need to be forced through laws... or other restrictions.
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