Nope its illegal and they are still voiding this for not paying for software.
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Nope its illegal and they are still voiding this for not paying for software.
Plus it's technically not illegal as HotelUser said, because you only get trouble if you host the torrents/files :P (Unless I read that wrong).Quote:
Originally Posted by KL!!
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Originally Posted by GommeInc
Providing torrent links isn't necessary illegal. All that is within a torrent is writing. The ones seeding the torrent are the hosts of the file.
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Originally Posted by GommeInc
True however I don't believe one can justify it like that, sure it's legitimate, but it wouldn't change the fact that the user got in trouble from a link on Habbox Forum.
Although that may seem like sense, you can't exactly blame WHSmith's for giving you a paper cut or Cadbury's for indigestion (if such a thing exists with chocolate). If they can't take care of their own actions on the internet, then they probably shouldn't be allowed to go on the computer. Also, doesn't the terms and conditions cover something about posts/threads etc are the views and responsibility of the user, not the forum or owners?Quote:
Originally Posted by HotelUser
Doesn't mean that Habbox can get out of any legal responsibilty that way especially the way it is worded and also it says that all posts content belong to Habbox once they are posted so unless they remove any offending parts it is quite logical to assume that any illegal keygens and copyright breaches posted become their responsibilty as they have taken ownership of the content. That's the way I read it anyway.Quote:
Originally Posted by GommeInc
- We can (WITHOUT ANY PRIOR NOTICE) edit, close/lock, move, duplicated or publish any of your osted content because as soon as it is posted, you are the author of the content, but it becomes property of Habbox UK Forum.
I seen many forums with vb and they post links
why not this one?
I just personally contact the company owning the product (i.e. Spacial Audio, Adobe, Microsoft, etc) As i made a thread about this before and they said its fine, which is against the law. Which we have a huge rant before and i won't restart it. :)
Totally correct, once the poster posts the content is on Habbox's servers, making it their responsibility.Quote:
Originally Posted by Catzsy
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Originally Posted by Jak-ish
Those forums are typically only intended for the sole purpose to share illegal downloads, and are sometimes based in other countries, so they're not at fault. The intentions of Habbox Forum aren't to share download links.
As I've said before - I personally believe that the chances of any legal dispute due to the fact that none of the illegal content is hosted on the site is fairly low. However on the most part I can only assume that any company/authority making a complaint about specific links or content on the site would offer Habbox the opportunity to remove the link before any legal action was taken and of course if requested by a legal authority or company I think they probably would. However you have to consider that the legal implications and much greater for those who are hosting the actual illegal content and it is likely that companies will make an attempt to shut the host down or get them to remove the illegal content, look at it this way - there are many sites who have hyper linked to illegal content and there are lots of them who are doing it on a MUCH bigger scale than what you will find on Habbox.
If a company shuts down a host or request the remove of content and it works the link will no work any more and therefore the issue is solved. Going around to lots of various forums trying to get links removed is more impractical than anything and most companies would want to avoid taking legal action if they could.
Personally I think the chances of Habbox getting in trouble for not removing the odd thread or two created by users which contains keygens etc is low and even if Habbox did make an attempt to remove them the chances are some would be missed as the moderation system isn't absolutely fool proof. At the end of the day it isn't causing a problem and I doubt it will but I'm sure if it ever did then the management could sort it out - I doubt many people would take a forum who's users had posted the odd thread which contain illegal links and take legal action. Most companies want to avoid that if possible. [This is all based on my own opinion/presumptions - it is just what I think :P]
I believe the keygens should stay as they are not harming anyone but helping new users who can't get their own and well helps the forum get traffic in some ways as people won't have to go to external sites for them (which usually are unsafe).
I also hope that the forum does not have to abide the Official fansite rules as Habboxforum won't be the site that's official , it would be Habbox.com which is on a completely different server so I don't see why Habbo should be able to wreck the forum and change it into what ever they want.
Also keys gens are just a bunch off few numbers and text, surely there can't be any copyright claims against keygens , maybe with the actual program but not the serial codes themselves.
The only people that can complain about this are the people who have never used any 'illegal' keygens/cracks/programs and fully paid for everything and quite frankly there aren't many of those people around.