I can’t seem to find the answer for this as all I seem to find are opinions…
I want to have a video section on my forum that will contain various videos, such as embedded YouTube videos, Google video, links to Hulu, and such. I’m also considering having a movie section which will contain links to movies on Hulu and other legal sites.
My question is, should my members begin posting links to other websites which illegally host videos, can I actually be at fault for anything? I’ve noticed tons of sites which have links to other sites and they always post a disclaimer in their footer containing something like “We only provide the links to the content you want, and are in no way hosting any illegal content” The thing is, a lot of them get shut down, and for what… sharing information about information? Shouldn’t they be concerned about the sites hosting the content???
I can’t comprehend how it can be illegal… That would be like saying “No, you can’t tell your friend about that illegal movie site or you’re going to jail”, which with my understanding would be of conflict to our freedom of speech, or does that not apply on the web?..
I really cannot seem to wrap my head around this one… Just what is the Dope on this?