hello , sites like 300mbfilms.com are posting movie links on their sites although they do not host files but they post links to mediafire (hosting site) even the file name in mediafire shows *www.300mbfilms.com" , that means the file was uploaded by the site owner . so what are the liabilities of this site ? if the companies caught the owner , will they first give a notice to shut down the site or sue them or do both ?
the files being not hosted on the on the site server does not clear the site owner of any infringement being done, to the 2nd part any one can rename the file and upload and that does not mean the site owner did it. and 3rd if anyone does respond which is highly unlikely they will will send a notice to host to remove content now depending on the location and the policy of hosting they could take it down or tell them to blow off , if the content is taken down in most cases end of story. but since the files themselves are not on the host only links they have to go after the file hosting which could be another story.
It is still illegal to point to illegal content. You are just as responsible as the host of the file. Don't do it, you can get sued for millions of dollars, just look at that person that was sued for millions for sharing only 24 songs, and you want to share movies which is punishable of up to 500,000 USD PER MOVIE.
so why hasn't any taken action against mediafiremoviez.com 300mbfilms.com and many other sites ? are they on the safe side ?
It doesn't work that way. If one site is taken down ppl will say why not the other. It takes time. If the owners think that its worth their time or if its affecting them a lot then they go after them. Look at mininova for example.
i mean if i create a site similar to 300mbfilms.com , i just want to be sure that if they caught me will they just give me a notice to shut down the site or demand money from me or both ?
they won't catch u mostly until ur site is big enough to notice. once that happens then anything can happen. But mostly they will first ask u to close down, then they will ask for money.
there are many cases. i meant they will generally ask u to close down. if u dont cooperate they will sue you and then u will have to pay(a lot of money if they sue you). if u cant take the risk then u better stay away.
why are you so curious about the topic, are you involved in any such tasks ? I think the answers provided above are more than enough to know, u don't need to know if any one from India, than any one from delhi next any one from gandhi nagar and so on.. crime is punishable any where, u can't escape just because u don't live in the hosted world, most of the security agencies work together these days and its easy to get behind bars