Originally Posted by justinsain

The whole user submitted, DMCA BS is a huge loop hole that allows site owners to use stolen intellectual property without repercussion.

Make the site owner RESPONSIBLE for everything on their site just as a magazine publisher is responsible for everything between its covers. Just doing that would allow intellectual property owners to use the laws available to them to their best advantage. Then a site owner would have two choices, pay up front for legitimate content or pay out their ass in a civil lawsuit.