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Originally Posted by SpicyM
It protects thieves and criminals. Everyone should be responsible for the content on his/her website and if they don't want to take the responsibility they should verify and provide the identity of the person who uploaded the content = problem solved. Fuck anonymous user uploads. Internet would be a much safer place this way.  |
I agree to an extent. But to the same extent that I agree with free speech. "I may not agree with what you say but I will defend to the death your right to say it." Mentality.
Because with what you suggested, while it does take care of those issues on an individual basis, the larger consequences of that would be; no platforms like social media even. Facebook, Instagram, or even this forum where you wrote your opinion. Forums, essentially, would not be allowed to exist if you took that law away at face value. Because at any given time you could use your account to upload something against the terms of service here. And if it was illegal then, no fault of the website owners and operators, would be on them, and not you. And that is not fair.
Everything has pros and cons. And there are plenty of other copyright/dmca/trademark laws, among many others that tackle porn specifically. We should hold credit card processors and all the others responsible, or tighten the laws and the standards of website moderation. For instance; XHamster rarely takes down content unless reported. Why are they not actively taking it down on their own accord without it being brought to their attention? Plenty of things that could be done. But to take away the broad protection of 230. That is just ridiculous.