I've passed this along to one other forum, after reading it on one lol. But its too good to pass up, so I am sharing it here as well.
Youtube recently lost a battle with Viacom. Members using their services were posting copyrighted content on the site and Youtube left it on their servers knowing full well that the content was illegal.
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Its an interesting read, and a bit of an eye opener when it comes to dealing with copyright infringement. How fast should something like that be removed from a site.
(forgiveness if its in the wrong section, but the ambiguity of the subject made it hard to place).
Copyright doesn't only cover video but audio, written word, pictures and more. The copyright laws are also different for the UK and the USA. If you are intending to (or do) republish information make sure that do not infringe copyright. Do the research. andrewtomkinson
"The important take-away from this decision is that it is critical for blog and forum operators to remove any infringing content immediately after learning of its posting on their websites. And immediately means just that
It is hard to police. It just kinda got me that they knew about it and intentionally left it there. I'm the kind of person that gets rid of it the moment I lay eyes on stuff like that, but just like everyone, I can't always see it as it happens. I guess it leaves me with one question. Will you wait until you get a takedown note? Or would you take a closer look at your content more often, especially if you know that you have others writing for you. Thanks, Dreamraven
It's a tough one, especially with something like a forum that is generating regular posts. People (especially me) often quote from other sources. I normally look to see if there is any obvious "copy and we'll hunt you down" type comments, and always attribute back any link, but other than assuming people have common sense, and unless you analyze every post, then you can only really react to a takedown notice. To be fair, we have had a couple already, usual aggressive lawyer type letter, but a simple delete post button does the job  I guess the American culture is a lot more about suing and big companies slugging it out in court, although compensation culture is unfortunately already here in the UK. Hopefully the same mindset won't be exported round the rest of the world
Everyone seems to be suing everyone else. More and more now days it seems like its the one thing that has to happen in business. But at the same time it looks like its more for negative publicity than anything else. If you look at Apple vs Kodak, YouTube vs Viacom, Google vs Bing. Thanks, Dreamraven |
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