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$4 Million In Fines For Linking To Infringing Files

I Don't Believe in Imaginary Property writes "The MPAA won judgments totaling $4M against two sites which merely link to infringing content. They're not arguing that it's an infringement of their distribution right, like the RIAA has with their 'making available' argument. Instead, they got the sites for 'contributory copyright infringement', just like RIAA v. LimeWire. To translate all that legalese into English, search engines which primarily index copyright-infringing material and the people who run them may not be safe in the US. That applies even if the sites in question do not host any infringing materials, participate in, or encourage the infringement done by their users. And, even honoring DMCA notices in order to take advantage of the DMCA Safe Harbor provisions hasn't prevented the **AA from suing."

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  1. If you can't do the time... by iconic999 · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you can't do the time, don't do the crime.

  2. Da Jews in entertainment industry is deseperate by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    They are trying to squeeze one final penny as quick as they can, from un-probable sources like grandmas to dead people to 6-year-old to search engines to Pirate Bay. We are winning the war. Just make one final push against **AA and there influence will be gone forever, also with communism, liberalism and other mental diseases invented by Jews.

  3. Mod Parent Up by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    All wars are caused by the Jews. It is time to give a chance for a ultimate, total final solution to these kikes.

  4. Re:If I am reading this correctly by whirred · · Score: 0, Troll

    Wrong.

  5. Re:Freedom is more important than profit. by mektronik · · Score: -1, Troll

    man you have problems. If you spend 3 years of your life writing music, your stupid, enough said. Oh and by the way are you going to pay royalties to the people who created the software that allowed to make all those electronic loops?? Or for every email you've ever sent? Or for every TCP/IP connection you ever made? Go create something interesting, wait 100+ years and if people are still interested in it I might just swing to your argument a tiny tiny little bit