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Are "free movies online" sites that LINK to the movie source infringing copyrights?

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by Ray P., Jul 3, 2007.

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tushardhoot1 Active Member

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These first 3 paragraphs from an article should be enough.

Robert Tur says video he shot of the beating of trucker Reginald Denny during the 1992 Los Angeles riots was posted at YouTube without his permission and viewed more than 1,000 times. Tur says in his lawsuit, filed Friday in U.S. District Court, that YouTube is profiting from his work while hurting his ability to license his video.

"Mr. Tur's lawsuit is without merit," YouTube said in a statement. "YouTube is a service provider that complies with all the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and therefore is entitled to the full protections of the safe harbor provisions of the Act."

Passed in 1998 to protect copyright holders from technology that facilitated piracy, the DMCA also offered protection to Web service providers by limiting their liability in cases where their customers were found guilty of copyright violation.
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That solves the youtube debate, I hope.

tushardhoot1, Sep 10, 2007 IP

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