So... hey Imgur, I like your new 3 minute timeline but a quick question... Isn't it illegal to post basically the whole content from a platform that the content is registered (legally) to to another from users like me here ? Also good fucking song!
Can someone explain what this is saying? I'm not familiar with this "timeline" and I cannot parse "to post basically the whole content from a platform that the content is registered (legally) to to another from users like me here". Who's posting what where?
Cases have been made in the past against both host websites and specific users, yes. It's just that, for the most part, you'd have to spend a ton of effort money on consistent enforcement for it to matter.
Are you referring to violations of your copyrights by posts here? Imgur is owned and hosted in the USA, so your best bet at remedies are within USA law. Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act give the site some limited protection. Under the DMCA, you can send a notice (with certain required information) to Imgur about a specific post, and they shall be legally obligated to remove the post unless and until the user files a counter-notice. »»
Well, as I said, the CA and DMCA more or less mean the site has no liability. If you have any specific questions beyond what my replies explained, though, you're welcome to ask.
In the meantime, you can file a lawsuit against the user who posted it (as "John Doe", an unknown person), and then you can file a motion (request) to get a subpoena issued to Imgur to learn the IP address(es) that they used, and then file a motion for a subpoena to the ISP in charge of those address(es) to learn their identity (which the user can challenge). Then, finally, you must prove your case to the court, likely overcoming a "fair use" defense.
Imgur itself is never at risk of liability for this *unless* they ignore your initial DMCA notice or a subpoena, if one is issued.
On this page, you can request removal of a post or find a link to the DMCA information so you can file a formal notice, which has the legal force that a mere request does not. https://imgur.com/removalrequest
If you have enough money at your disposal (billions of USD), you can potentially make yourself enough of a nuisance to bully Imgur into implementing some kind of automated scanning system or giving you special authority to remove posts without the DMCA process, as media conglomerates like the RIAA and MPAA were once upon a time able to do to YouTube (Alphabet).
017renegade
Yeah. The new 3 minutes timeline is great. Nothing else has changed though. So, don't bother making up new issues that have always been there.
Corrodias
Can someone explain what this is saying? I'm not familiar with this "timeline" and I cannot parse "to post basically the whole content from a platform that the content is registered (legally) to to another from users like me here". Who's posting what where?
DutchBoeremeisie
It took a few rereads, but OP is using a lot of words to say that reposting copyrighted media isn't strictly legal.
Corrodias
A shocking revelation. Has anyone else heard of this? 😅
MuttMonkey
Never. But then, who would steal someone's post on this sight?
/s
Metallica93
Reposting licensed content is copyright infringement, yes. And no, as much as the Internet loves to misquote it, doing so is not "fair use".
ShitOnTheFloorAndGetSchwifty
So @imgur is liable for this right ?
Bystandr
Lets have an academic discussion about that. Oh wait now its not.
Metallica93
Cases have been made in the past against both host websites and specific users, yes. It's just that, for the most part, you'd have to spend a ton of effort money on consistent enforcement for it to matter.
ShitOnTheFloorAndGetSchwifty
I see, ok. Thanks o/
Corrodias
Are you referring to violations of your copyrights by posts here? Imgur is owned and hosted in the USA, so your best bet at remedies are within USA law. Section 230 of the Communications Act of 1934 and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act give the site some limited protection. Under the DMCA, you can send a notice (with certain required information) to Imgur about a specific post, and they shall be legally obligated to remove the post unless and until the user files a counter-notice. »»
ShitOnTheFloorAndGetSchwifty
I'm reffering the the liability of the platform of what users post, being bread and butter right ?
Corrodias
Well, as I said, the CA and DMCA more or less mean the site has no liability. If you have any specific questions beyond what my replies explained, though, you're welcome to ask.
Corrodias
In the meantime, you can file a lawsuit against the user who posted it (as "John Doe", an unknown person), and then you can file a motion (request) to get a subpoena issued to Imgur to learn the IP address(es) that they used, and then file a motion for a subpoena to the ISP in charge of those address(es) to learn their identity (which the user can challenge). Then, finally, you must prove your case to the court, likely overcoming a "fair use" defense.
Corrodias
Imgur itself is never at risk of liability for this *unless* they ignore your initial DMCA notice or a subpoena, if one is issued.
On this page, you can request removal of a post or find a link to the DMCA information so you can file a formal notice, which has the legal force that a mere request does not.
https://imgur.com/removalrequest
Corrodias
If you have enough money at your disposal (billions of USD), you can potentially make yourself enough of a nuisance to bully Imgur into implementing some kind of automated scanning system or giving you special authority to remove posts without the DMCA process, as media conglomerates like the RIAA and MPAA were once upon a time able to do to YouTube (Alphabet).