Megaupload sharing site shut down

[Adam]

Exactly the point HotelUser but some members like to be cynical.

I said you're all pirates, which about 95% of you are and somehow it got onto me breaking copyright with images.

Oh HxF, you entertain me so.

[Chippiewill]

In any case, it's contradictory when you have a GT5 avatar and Recursion has a Stewie avatar which you both don't have permission to use.

That constitutes fair-use and is not therefore a violation of copyright law.

The website in your signature probably would be in violation due to the Premium Membership and lack of original graphic content.

[AgnesIO]

At last there is solution - WORKING file hosting: *REMOVED*

I believe post referral links is looks down on.

It would be interesting to note there are loads of file upload services.

[Adam]

That constitutes fair-use and is not therefore a violation of copyright law.

The website in your signature probably would be in violation due to the Premium Membership and lack of original graphic content.

That constitutes fair use.

And no, it doesn't.

Do Habbo fansite get shut down? No, it's pretty much free advertising for them.
Do World of Warcraft fansites get shut down? No, it's pretty much free advertising for them.
Do any fansites get shut down? No, it's pretty much free advertising for them.

See a pattern? Yeah, nobodies going to shut down my site unless I besmirch the company it's pretty much advertising. Which isn't going to happen.

[HotelUser]

Back to an ontopic discussion, in the gestures of a great man:

[Chris]

Back to an ontopic discussion, in the gestures of a great man:

Haha thats pretty good.

I wonder who is next on the hit list?

[beth]

Haha thats pretty good.

I wonder who is next on the hit list?

hope it's not mediafire hahaha.

[xxMATTGxx]

There is no hit list, it took 6 years to take megaupload down!

[Recursion]

That constitutes fair use.

And no, it doesn't.

Do Habbo fansite get shut down? No, it's pretty much free advertising for them.
Do World of Warcraft fansites get shut down? No, it's pretty much free advertising for them.
Do any fansites get shut down? No, it's pretty much free advertising for them.

See a pattern? Yeah, nobodies going to shut down my site unless I besmirch the company it's pretty much advertising. Which isn't going to happen.

I think you'll find Habbo gives explicit permission to fansites to use images etc, not sure on the others.

[Tomm]

Same with WoW:

Blizzard Entertainment® hereby grants you a personal, non-exclusive, non-transferable and non- assignable license to use and display, for home, noncommercial and personal use only, one copy of any material and/or software that you may download from this site, including, but not limited to, any files, codes, audio or images incorporated in or generated by the software (collectively the "Downloaded Content") provided, however, that you must include or maintain all copyright and other notices contained or associated with such Downloaded Content. You acknowledge and agree that you may not sublicense, assign or otherwise transfer this license or the Downloaded Content and that no title to the Downloaded Content has been or will be transferred to you from Blizzard Entertainment® or anyone else. You also agree that you will not alter, disassemble, decompile, reverse engineer or otherwise modify the Downloaded Content.


Also, we reserve the right to revoke this limited use license at any time, for any reason, and at the sole discretion of Blizzard Entertainment®. You may not use our materials on sites that feature defamatory pornographic, or inflammatory content, including, but not limited to, hacks and cheats for any of our games or any other content that Blizzard Entertainment® find objectionable or unlawful.

I think you'll find Habbo gives explicit permission to fansites to use images etc, not sure on the others.