I was wondering about the legalities of my site MovieRemote.com It allows users to watch movies online for free. I think it should be legal because I am using a 3rd party to host the videos. Please let me know, also, should I right a page on the legality of the site or some kind of terms of service for it?
Cool site, I believe it is technically legal, & there's a decent amount of sites like this out there. However be very careful with everything you do, you may receive the occasional "cease & desist providing links to our movie or we'll eat you alive in court" letter, it happens. If you get one just take off that particular movie, Goodluck!
Of course it isn't legal just because the movies aren't hosted on your site. You're trying to profit off of stolen content (ad revenue). It's contributory infringement and has been discussed here a hundred times. A TOS isn't going to prevent you from receiving a DMCA or being sued.
Finally someone that speaks sense. You dont own the content, you know this, but you try to profit from it. How is that not illegal?
If you have to ask questions like this you probably know that it isn't legal. Personally, I wouldn't mess around with multi-million dollar companies with massive legal teams who are more than happy to take you on in court - and win.
I hope you live there, because they can sue you if you live in the US (and privacy protection or false whois won't protect you). A simple (and free) DMCA will also get your site removed from all major search engines.
If you can get permission to stream movies, aka Netflix, then you'd have a very cool site. Otherwise, no. You're just trying to rationalize something you know will not fly.
ugh, wish you people who know nothing will leave the legal section alone. its illegal, its that simple.
Think of it this way: Do you want to take a risk cashing big, or possibly getting sued for copyright infringements. The decision is yours!
You cannot be sued for pasting a link of a video that you have not uploaded, not hosted and have no affiliation to, which is why there are hundreds of sites like watchxonline out there. It's when you yourself host the video that the problem falls in your lap. Likewise, you cannot be sued for watching a video someone else posted on megavideo, for which you do not own the copyright. As such and with the above in mind, it is legal. If you beg to differ, how about posting your proof or a link so I can be informed, as apposed to attempting to impose your superiority, jerk off.
Proof: Napster. Superiority: I'm a real attorney with 20 years experience on these issues. You're not. Issue: It isn't just a link. The entire purpose is to engage in copyright infringement by causing a movie, wherever originally hosted, to be displayed on the OP's website. Neither the OP, or the 'host' is licensed to do that.
My post wasn't directed at you entirely, but I appreciate the response. I suppose I was a bit misinformed, as many are. Cheers,
your host is good, if anybody tired anything too it won't work, 2 things remove ads , you can take donations for server cost, remove make money part, you are making it p2l , i.e pay to leech , something even looked down upon us file shares get your content it's not that tough. if you need ad revenue then get it from ;other friendly' sources . over all a nice site . @kindsvater napster was the mother ship which has spawned millions of these tiny ships and that happened in 10 years ago in U.SA. that is way no noboby is his right mind uses hosting or any kind of servers from there. , kindda sucks for ips if you ask me. and i have 10 years of experience in doing this for free net and am still here and i have recived enough legal notices and dmca take downs mails that at one point even my recycle bin [where they are thrashed] gave up on me when some one tries to make money out copy right material that is different thing and un ethical even for us, but if it is done in the spirit of file sharing and to defeat the media corporations at their own out dated business module it servers a purpose. @OP i just hope you don't live in U.S.A, edit your post and remove the the link to your site too.
Just put the DMCS notice. Also host your site with a offshore hosting a Chinese host would be real good.
seriously, stop posting advice when you have absolutely NO IDEA of copyright laws. Sharing a link to a video is, you guessed it SHARING copyrighted material. Doesnt take a high IQ to figure that one out.