why is it ok to have copywritten images from movies in your sig but tubes are bad?
 

just asking

If you want to be silly and go that far you have names in your sig that are tm'ed.

same reason it was ok to have thumbnails of copywritten content..

Do you mean like, will someone in the afterlife judge them the same? or Karma be out of balance for each equally? Maybe!

Both are bad. One is just maybe millions of times worse.

Ok if not the avatars... how about the music videos, most of the satire videos, image shack photos, posting of motivational pictures with copyrighted content in them, hot linking of photos from google images, the sounds used in advertising here and other forums, funny pic/hot girls of myspace type threads... and I can go on for hours.

I agree, it's only bad when it's mine...

Go eat some vegetables faggot.

anyone who thinks there is any sort of ethical equivalence is a complete fucking idiot.

:1orglaugh yeah im not rly srs the internet was made for animations and free pr0n

all bout dem views dogg

There we go...

You never miss an opportunity to bring this issue up over the years Hollywood.

We get it. You don't approve.

:2 cents:

why do you care? you are still here on the board that supports the tubes and hanging out with posters with illegal images in their sigs.

? you misunderstanding me, i encourage everyone to make avatars and sigs from movies, you mistake me homie

i dont. but i sure know how to stir a bees nest with a thread title LOL :1orglaugh

Because it's fair use (well, mostly), and because it's not our money at stake.

You are changing your position on this issue now?!? Whaaaaa

Flip flopping FletchXXX

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huh? ive always jut pointed at hypocrisy i never said it was illegal to make an avatar from a music video, ive done it on GFY! lol :1orglaugh

well, that's one way to advertise your banner design biz.

good luck eh.

yeah fuck hollywood, do they even make movies worth buying?

wanna trade DVD copies of anime with me? :winkwink:

i dont post here for any reason other than to make money, when i need entertainment i find that in the night with the freaks and addicts LOL :1orglaugh

:winkwink:

You people and your double standards, ethics and bullshit moral values that only turn on when it's about you.

Piracy is Piracy whether done for profit, duty or fun.

YO YO Fletch! I told u to stop making sense posts ago.. .

Karma still owes me for stealing my bike when i was a kid :2 cents:

i havent made many avatars for gfy but trying to recall what i did PIRATE, was a screengrab from psycho Killer vid from Talking Heads. Byrne is gonna sue my ass

:2 cents:

teh lulz

k and sly no offense but this shit is funny

LOL what does this have to do with me?

I don't care about Hollywood, protecting their content is their problem. Our problem is to protect OUR content, because WE make money out of it.

Some minor infringments do probably occasionally happen here, but nothing even close to what illegal tubes are doing to us.

I dont think anyone said either of them are "ok" but obviously they are vastly different.

i.e. Beating a mosquito to death is accepted
Beating a dog to death is "cruelty to animals"

Smokey, maybe you can explain it to me..

If I upload a music video to youtube.... how is that any different if I upload some other companies porn video to a tube?

It's not like it has to be posted here, but once it is... we kind of anchor it in.

Honestly, I'm confused..

"Cat Bite- The Movie!"

It's copy RIGHT and copyrighted, writing copy is a completely different thing.

If tube8 was full of 'screengrabs' or gif's (less then 100kb in size), nobody would complain about them either.

Solo girls and dating sites.

Youtube either takes the video down or the artist gets paid for their videos being run....

Copyright violation is copyright violation but you can't compare screencaps to actual movies.

From Youtube's Upload Video's page:

"Important: Do not upload any TV shows, music videos, music concerts, or commercials without permission unless they consist entirely of content you created yourself.

The Copyright Tips page and the Community Guidelines can help you determine whether your video infringes someone else's copyright.

By clicking "Upload Video", you are representing that this video does not violate YouTube's Terms of Use and that you own all copyrights in this video or have authorization to upload it."


Within that quick note are links to their Copyright Tips, Community Guidelines and Terms of Use.

Please paste us the upload video guidelines from a tube site. We'll wait, lol.

edit: does it need pointing out that you can only do this if you are a member with your information and IP stored in case they need it? Guess not :)

because we're all hypocrites...
we only care about our own bottom lines being affected...

it's no different than people bitching about tubes yet bragging about catching the latest theatrical release on a torrent site or stocking up on MP3s...

so, if a tube site added those bits of text to their site, it would put them in the clear? interesting...

No, and you know it's silly to presume since someone said one thing, that they mean 100000 other things.

is 1 single frame from a movie the same value as a full movie?


i know it's copyright and all but these are 2 different types, so the analogy does not work.

What recourse does a current complainer have if they want a video off a tube site? Email them and ask for it to be removed? Fine. What if it's multiple videos? Wouldnt someone want to know who the fuck uploaded them all? Nobody wants any legal cover, OR legal recourse? Well for fuck sakes just say so and be done with it entirely.

LEGAL sites that accept user submitted content have to cover themselves and make the good faith effort of requiring uploaders to be in posession of the rights to distribute the content. Thats it! Thats all there is to it. Someone not going that half-step is clearly not intending to run a real legal operation, thats that.

You mean like? (first adult tube I looked at)
Please follow these rules so we can all enjoy the site.Respect copyright. Only upload videos that you made or that you are authorized to use.

Do not attempt to upload child pornography or any videos exploiting children. We take this very seriously and will advise the appropriate authorities to deal with the matter.

Do not upload animal abuse, drug abuse, or bomb making or any related content.

We do not tolerate predatory behavior, stalking, threats, harassment, invading privacy, or the revealing of other members' personal information. You will not get any warning before you are banned from the site.

- NO SPAM - Do not create misleading descriptions, tags, titles or thumbnails in order to increase views. Spammers will be banned without any warnings.



You need an account to upload content to any tube software... unless someone has anon uploads. If you think it's not user uploaded, like all one user, you can nail the tube to the wall.

It's not different because it's youtube.

There you go! I could respect a tube site like that if it was not just lip service. Now please dont say it was from what people call an "illegal" tube site?

It's different because YOUTUBE TAKES ACTION!!

Exactly right.
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My content has been removed from every tube I have sent a notice to.

Forums, that's a different story.

Hey I'll tell you right now that I withdraw every complaint I ever made if every request for content removal was honored 100% of the time and promptly and efforts are made to prevent a reoccurence of the violation.

But it sure seems people got/get pretty riled when mention is made of just a few tube sites, so whats the difference with those sites?

head hits nail. no one is innocent of piracy or "stealing content" in one form or another. be it this industry or all those you named. take away every post, in every tube thread, made by someone that has done any of the above "stealing" and you are left with an empty thread.