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Re:The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful website/apps... by raldi on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @12:52PM (#6991762)
That's a dangerous oversimplification. Read about the billion-dollar Viacom / YouTube lawsuit, and how it was anything but a sure thing that YouTube would win, despite their DMCA protections.
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Re:The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful website/apps... by horseapples on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @05:03PM (#6993079)
Lawsuit came before DMCA. Lawsuit was filled in 97 and 98 was when DMCA was passed.
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Re:The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful website/apps... by dangrossman on Tuesday December 31, 2013 @05:42PM (#6993256)
Viacom v YouTube was filed in 2007. YouTube didn't exist in 1997; it was founded in 2005. 1997 was before Napster even.
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Re:The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful website/apps... by horseapples on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @09:25AM (#6995035)
My bad, no ideas what I was thinking.
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Re:The RIAA forced me to shut down a successful website/apps... by farginay on Wednesday January 01, 2014 @06:33AM (#6994807)
I believe there was a copyright safe harbor for content on the internet before DMCA. However, it may have been just through case law. BBS and USENet operators took advantage of it back in the day.
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