Is it illegal to post rapidshare links to pirated software on a forum.. Is the webmaster responsible for this or is it Rapidshare's responsibility? Technically nothing is hosted on the forum only rapidshare is hosting everything. So I would assume it's not the webmaster's responsibility. Anyone have any facts on this?
It can be a problem as your distributing warez which is also illegal. Just use an offshore host to prevent any issues.
...even in the world of the internet certain truths from our physical reality apply...if you associate with known criminals you will be deemed to be one of them...keep your online reputation as squeaky clean as possible, as moving to a new city doesn't work in cyberwold....once a url is ruined it is hard to repair the damage...
Google itself biggest warez linker. you may not find everything in a single warez site. but you can find everything within 4-5 hours of release in google. lol, google never ban any illegal/warez hosting/linking even porn sites.. but it only bans sites which are infected with malware ads....
Linking to warez may be considered as 'promoting warez'. Though you can put a clause in your TOS that member should not post warez or links related to it, it will only harm your forum, if not legally(since you can ban the offending user and clean-up the posts) but atleast in terms of reputation, image and perception, and ofcourse Goog'ly!