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RE: How Plagiarism Can End Steemit And What You Can Do About It
Keep in mind that steem blockchain only hosts URL links.
In other words, it's our browser that pulls IMG links from other sources, while steemit.com only serves HTML without images.
@alexgr
Unless they expire then we are still liable. All of us.
Are you saying that in time the evidence goes away?
How about "the image host is liable" for putting copyrighted content there?
Youtube, for example, is a video host. When there is copyrighted material, they usually take it down (some times automatically / algorithmically) if the copyright owner has an issue. So even if I put a link from Steemit it may be a dead link within minutes.
This is not how the piratebay case went. If one is knowlingly ignoring basic copyright parametres as stated in almost every contract when owning an online business then you are liable.
Here in Steemit not only they are not taken down but there are automatic bots upvoting things at random.
Most reputable sites are directly linked and the links are pretty much immortal. Don't forget. It will take only one case and then the pandora's shitbox will pour down to all of us.