That's exactly what they want to do. Sharing technology is a direct threat to their distribution monopoly. I'm sure the copyright cartel would love nothing more than to kill/scare off all file sharing sites.
They did have a DMCA takedown system. The complaints usually center around "how" they were handling takedowns, not that they were ignoring them.
The DMCA is still missing the provision for a penalty for an invalid takedown request
I think there already is one, but it never gets enforced.
An EULA that contains unenforceable claims? How unexpected!
What happens if you keep notes via simple pen/paper using a code. Can a judge force you to tell the prosecutor what your code is?
Yeah, you'd be wrong. Copyright infringement includes distribution - e.g. "uploading" as you note. However, it also includes copying - e.g. "downloading". Under US law, downloading material under copyright without permission is illegal.
Type a random word into Google. Hold your mouse over the first link that it returns. Point is, you have no clue what content you're about to download and have no idea where it's coming from. Click on the link... did you just commit copyright infringement by downloading the contents of that web page? You certainly didn't get permission from the copyright holder before clicking on the link. In most cases, you have no way of knowing who the copyright holder is before you visit a website, nor do you know if the site is authorized to distribute that content.
If what you say is true, that downloading material under copyright without permission is illegal, then that means using the internet at all puts you at risk to potentially violate copyright every time you click on something.
I would think that once that piracy really does start killing studios and distributors, the moral situation will change.
Not if artists and consumers realize that they're both better off without the middle men.
How do you know you're not asking an MPAA server ? You don't. 2 or 3 states consider that to be entrapment, but most don't, and that'll be enough.
Downloading a movie from an MPAA server wouldn't even be copyright infringement.
Businesses are going to be wary of dealing with file hosting websites after the megaupload take down.
Which is exactly why it was taken down. File hosting sites provide competition to the RIAA/MPAA distribution cartel.
Anyone with half a brain knows that these services were created for the purpose of sharing copyrighted material.
I'd have to agree with that. Anyone who "knows" this, obviously only has half a brain.
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