Originally Posted by DWB

I don't buy into the whole "government censorship" aspect of it. You use material that is not yours or you don't have permission to use, your site is blocked. Period. Licensing deals/contracts were created for this very reason. In the real world, if you walk into a store and steal something that is not yours, you go to jail, or at the very least are arrested and have to pay a fine. You are not eve allowed to borrow it and display it for a while unless you have permission to do so. Don't see a big difference. In fact, the real world is worse, and we don't see people up in arms about shoplifting charges and how they are censoring their shopping experience by now allowing them to shoplift.

And the "false claims" argument is simply laughable. Guess what happens if you file a false police report? Yea, you get into trouble. Same thing applies here.

The problem is easy to solve. Don't load anything onto your site that you don't own or don't have permission to use. Sure, it may create some extra paperwork and some companies may need to hire more people to deal with it all, but so what? So what if Google, Facebook or Youtube has problems. The best part about Youtube is the real user submitted material anyway. Adapt or die, and I don't care which one you choose. Of course, this simple concept doesn't jive with leeches who make a living off other people's property, but that is to be expected.