Aren’t users responsible for what they post? Why should I pay for them?
I believe I am responsible for user’s content to a certain extent.It's the site owner's responsibility to ensure that member's don't post illegal or copyrighted content.
Why should you pay them? I can't really answer that without knowing the full details. Personally I would do a reverse image search to see if they really do hold copyright. If they do and they are demanding damages as well as licensing fees you might want to consider pleading your case and paying the licensing fee or you might want to simply delete the image, ignore the notice and hope they go away.
I mean with millions of messages posted on a forum, are owners really responsible for whatever it’s posted?
I wonder what happens if a user posts a Getty Images/Corbis on site like reddit. Do they go after reddit themselves or the user who posted?
Interesting tksJust become DMCA compliant. You could hire a lawyer to be a designated agent and to take care of the copyright issues. That’s your smartest and safest best to protect you from legal action. I use this guy and my head is at ease. In all reality if your forum isn’t that busy and you can stay on top of things you probably don’t need this but regardless for the price it’s worth it. https://www.internetlegalattorney.com/dmca-agent-service/
Basically they will be your middle man. He’ll give you a dmca notice with his contact information for al copyright take down requests. With a dmca policy on your page you will save your safe a lot of trouble. If there’s something that needs to be taken down he will let you know ASAP. No headaches for you and you’re protecting for myself for the most part.Interesting tks
Do they act as per copyright infringement notice?
Nice but my community is in Europe and it looks like they operate in US onlyBasically they will be your middle man. He’ll give you a dmca notice with his contact information for al copyright take down requests. With a dmca policy on your page you will save your safe a lot of trouble. If there’s something that needs to be taken down he will let you know ASAP. No headaches for you and you’re protecting for myself for the most part.
Ah yeah sorry about that. Regardless at least you know what to look for now. I’m sure they exist in your country too.Nice but my community is in Europe and it looks like they operate in US only
In most cases, the site owner is considered the "gatekeeper" of content posted by users, so DMCA requests would go directly to Reddit / the site owner themselves versus individual users. It is then up to the site owner to decide what to do - which in most cases, the appropriate thing to do is simply remove the content and let the user know. In this case, the user can then try to appeal by providing proof of ownership.I wonder what happens if a user posts a Getty Images/Corbis on site like reddit. Do they go after reddit themselves or the user who posted?
I believe I am responsible for user’s content to a certain extent.
I mean with millions of messages posted on a forum, are owners really responsible for whatever it’s posted?