I know this answer has been asked many times, I just need to be 100% sure though. I have opened a new website which seems to be getting quite popular, its a video hosting/sharing website. Yesterday my hosting company suspended the account on the terms that i was hosting copyrighted materials... Users do upload copyrighted material as well as adult video which i clearly state in TOS that it isn't allowed. I monitor the website and delete anything that is in violation to the TOS (nothing lasts over 2-5 hours). Now i live outside the US but my hosting is in the US and i am totally aware of the DMCA. If i am not allowed to run this website, then why are the bigger sites still online? veoh, youtube, etc... I have found countless copyrighted material on their servers, what can i do to keep my website running and not getting into trouble at the same time? thanks
The last I heard YouTube have something that exempts them from the copyright law because the site is "too big" to monitor normally. My audio hosting site is a pain when I have to go through thousands of files daily to make sure they're all legal... it's just a risk you gotta take.