Greenlab

[michaelreef]

Nothing illegal about torrents on their own. But what percentage of those torrents are completely copyright free.

 

[bwana]

Nothing illegal about torrents on their own. But what percentage of those torrents are completely copyright free.

It doesnt matter. The host isnt storing or sharing any copyrighted data - the users are.

 

[michaelreef]

Yes, but the host is knowingly allowing it. ie they are helping users commit piracy.

 

[medicnick83]

On Greenlab, Openweb have banners, people need Bandwidth, who is their first choice?

OpenWeb

 

[Skeptik]

I see Greenlab are spamming myadsl again with apparently fake invite requests.

 

[Necuno]

...bying an ice cream from bob and then killing jane with it - are bob to blame ?

 

[WiseCrack]

It doesnt matter. The host isnt storing or sharing any copyrighted data - the users are.

Not true.

Have a look waht happened to Demonoid

Hosting company took some heat and dumped them.

 

[rwenzori]

Are you allowed to have clients undertaking illegal activities

You might as well shut down every ISP in the universe LOL! ISPs typically would have "safe harbour". See also the USA's Online Copyright Infringement Liability Limitation Act and its

"Communications Decency Act (CDA), which states in part that "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider"."