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Originally Posted by kane
Dude it is pretty simple. If the traffic is coming to your site because you have copyrighted materials linked on your site and you are selling advertising to monetize that traffic you are directly making money off of letting people download copyrighted materials. You can spin it anyway you want but you are making money directly from it.
Look at it like this.
If you have a porn paysite you are making money directly from porn.
If you run a tube site where you give the porn away for free, but you advertise dating sites, you are still making money directly from porn. No porn on the site means no traffic to the site means no income.
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you have the reading an comprehension level of 2nd grader max
just because the revenue can ultimately be traced back to the infringement (assuming 100% infringement to be consistent with the 100% infringement in this case) that does NOT make it DIRECTLY related.
you are applying the definition of an INDIRECT transaction to the definition of a direct transaction even though the are the exact opposite.
Definition of indirect
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1. not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
2. coming or resulting otherwise than directly or immediately, as effects or consequences: an indirect advantage.
3. not direct in action or procedure: His methods are indirect but not dishonest.
4. not straightforward; devious; deceitful: He is known as a shady, indirect fellow.
5. not direct in bearing, application, force, etc.: indirect evidence.
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definition of direct
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1. in a direct line, way, or manner; straight: The path leads directly to the lake.
2. at once; without delay; immediately: Do that directly.
3. shortly; soon: They will be here directly.
4. exactly; precisely: directly opposite the store.
5. without intervening space; next in order: The truck was parked directly behind my car.
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your definition fails on both ends
it can not be direct because the "traffic generated" is both an intervening space in the process, a divider in the next in order, and a delay in the income flow. (fails to be direct)
Conversly it meets all the conditions opposite points in the definition of indirectly. (see above since they are opposites it just the reverse of the point i just made) (is indirect)
you really need to pick up a dictionary once in a while,
this is the copyright is theft vs fraud all over again, however at an even more elementary level (3rd grade reading and comprehension level).