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Re:How Copyright Enforcement Robots Killed the Hugo Awards by rmc on Monday September 03, 2012 @03:06PM (#4471429)
No law explicit, no. But there is loads of laws they may break and loads of ways many rich companies could sue them if they didn't use bots like this.
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Re:How Copyright Enforcement Robots Killed the Hugo Awards by icebraining on Monday September 03, 2012 @03:51PM (#4471577)
I don't see any. As long as they comply with DMCA takedown requests, they should be under safe harbor status.
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Re:How Copyright Enforcement Robots Killed the Hugo Awards by A1kmm on Tuesday September 04, 2012 @03:53AM (#4473594)
That is not how the laws are being enforced, however. MegaUpload also apparently complied with takedown requests, and yet they have been down for 9 months as a result of enforcement action, with directors being held in remand for a period of time. Even if they win in court, this will undoubtedly have seriously damaged the momentum of their business.

It is understandable that businesses will self-censor beyond the requirements of the letter of the law to avoid legal action against them, even if those legal challenges are likely to fail.

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Re:How Copyright Enforcement Robots Killed the Hugo Awards by mikeash on Monday September 03, 2012 @04:02PM (#4471619)
Until a *AA gets tired of them "taking advantage" of the law and sues them into oblivion... won't even matter that they were on the right side of the law.
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Re:How Copyright Enforcement Robots Killed the Hugo Awards by icebraining on Monday September 03, 2012 @04:47PM (#4471774)
It's not that clearcut: https://torrentfreak.com/rapidshare-not-guilty-of-copyright-...
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