DISCLAIMER: Before proceeding into the site, you must agree to the following: I, under penalties of perjury solemnly declare and affirm the following: I am not accessing this material to use against the site operator or any person whatsoever in any conceivable manner. I will not redistribute this material to anyone nor will I keep it longer than 24 hours. I am not a law enforcement officer, nor a postal inspector, nor operating under an assumed name or in cooperation with the RIAA, FBI, or any criminal investigation; nor am I seeking out evidence which may serve as the basis for any charge of violating federal, state, or local laws. I understand and state that I am retrieving material from a location where it does not violate any federal, state, or local law or community standard, and agree to bear the full, complete, and sole responsibility for bringing such material into whatever community I choose to do so. Furthermore, I agree to review the material before retrieving it and assure the operators that any material which I retrieve will not violate the federal, state, or local laws or community standards for the community into which I choose to bring the material. I will only use the files for informational any files unless I live in a country that allows me to legally use them. I will not testify to what I saw on this page. I will not download anything that is copyrighted here for any purpose other than viewing this content. I will not modify, redistribute, copy, or transfer anything copyrighted here. I will not contact this system’s administrator without proof that what is on this page is illegal and proof that I entered this site legally.
I saw this posted on a message board where the board operators tell people to “Post Retail albums or the closet thing to it ONLY!!..” in this particular section. How is this not illegal and does this disclaimer do anything at all? Can you really tell the government that “Hey, you aren’t allowed to look at all of my illegal stuff and if you do you can’t use it against me.”
Q.E.D
October 5, 2005, 12:44am
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Nope . The cited Internet Privacy Act of 1995 does not even exist. Nor is there any similar law. Silly criminals.
Thanks, good info. How would I report said message board?
Go to the FBI website and click on “submit a tip”.
groman
October 5, 2005, 1:16am
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A hijack and definitely GD territory, but unless you are the copyright holder (or somebody financially linked to the holder) of the content being distributed without authorization you have no business reporting anything to anybody EXCEPT the copyright holder. So find out who holds the copyright on the content and send them a nice letter.
groman
October 5, 2005, 1:22am
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I didn’t say you can’t, I said you shouldn’t, ethically. Infringing on copyright is a crime that is defined by the intent and agreements between the infringer and the copyright holder (usually there being none, which is what causes the problem). Reporting it directly to the authorities is unethical. This is GQ, so I’ll leave it at that.
Q.E.D
October 5, 2005, 1:26am
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So, take your case to GD and see what happens. FWIW, I would participate in such a thread.
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