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A comment on Ask HN: Legal implications of launching a file sharing service?.

Re:Ask HN: Legal implications of launching a file sharing se... by declan on Thursday October 30, 2014 @06:34PM (#8536231)
Yes, you should know what you're getting into. Especially after the U.S. Supreme Court's Grokster decision. I posted a pseudocode liability IF-ELSEIF-ELSE tree here a few weeks ago (replace "distributing" with "offering"): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8455648

Note the above only discusses copyright liability, and not other potential legal issues.

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