It's all a matter of degree. There's plenty of copyright infringment on this BSS and pretty much every other discussion forum on the internet (and, no it's not fair use). Lots of copyrighted material from pictures posted to the written word used without the permission (and payment) to the creator. The old copyright laws just don't fit the new world so well at the moment.
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Originally posted by Wayne at Pelican Parts
Gosh, I hope someone decided to really sue their ass for hosting this stuff. Sure, fun for all of us who want to watch it for free, but what about the content-creators? The beginning of the end is when original material is no longer commercially viable due to rampant piracy (as we have here). Then, there will be little or no incentive to produce such works.
It's really a shame that Google is so arrogant that it thinks it can openly ignore and flaunt copyright laws...
-Wayne
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