OP questions

abercrombie4761 · Post by **abercrombie4761** » 2004-07-08 06:00

is it possible for me to get in trouble if I OP some ANIME hubs and I share nothing and download nothing but just op???? Could I be liable for the hub legally???

-Jerry

Xan1977 · Post by **Xan1977** » 2004-07-08 06:21

Nope.

abercrombie4761 · Post by **abercrombie4761** » 2004-07-08 07:51

so running a hub is perfectly legal??? when can it become illegal???

Todi · Post by **Todi** » 2004-07-08 08:13

Depends on the laws of your country, of course. But those would have to be pretty stupid laws..

ivulfusbar · Post by **ivulfusbar** » 2004-07-08 10:13

It all depends on which country the hub is hosted in, and in which country you operate the hub from.

btw-it-is-rather-stupid-to-take-legal-advice-from-people-you-have-meet-on-the-internet-ly'ers ;))

Xan1977 · Post by **Xan1977** » 2004-07-08 18:26

abercrombie4761 wrote:so running a hub is perfectly legal???

No, that's a different question than you originally asked. Running a hub is not necessarily legal. See above.

abercrombie4761 wrote:when can it become illegal???

When you break the laws of your country by sharing copyrighted material.

edit: Or when you provide the medium through which others break the law (i.e. the hub owner).

cyberal · Post by **cyberal** » 2004-07-09 10:30

Xan1977 wrote:edit: Or when you provide the medium through which others break the law (i.e. the hub owner).

well, is it that easy? Since the "medium" is used to bring users together, todo legal things also.. the hubowner can't really be held responsible. I mean.. mail companys isn't responsible if ppl send illegal things to eachother!?

Xan1977 · Post by **Xan1977** » 2004-07-09 20:24

I understand what you mean, but the primary difference is that my outgoing mail box is private and can only be seen by the intended targets. My DC++ outgoing box can be viewed by anyone. If the postmaster was allowing requests for clear bags of cocaine and responses indicating who has the cocaine...

IMO if this were ever to hit a US courtroom the hubowner would be found legally responsible in some way.

abercrombie4761 · Post by **abercrombie4761** » 2004-07-10 09:38

since ops do have control of what goes on the hub (such as kick/ban users) this doesnt' make him at all responsible???

Todi · Post by **Todi** » 2004-07-10 16:49

Filetransfers are not done through the hub, but user to user. They cannot be logged or tracked by the hub, so there is nothing to be responsible for.

abercrombie4761 · Post by **abercrombie4761** » 2004-07-10 20:38

Thank Ya'll...... Ya'll have been a big help and I appreciate it

cyberal · Post by **cyberal** » 2004-07-16 09:03

well, the p2p connection is initiated through the hub.. so some logging could be done..

Todi · Post by **Todi** » 2004-07-16 10:39

The connection is, but not the transfer. Everytime you're on the internet you connect to hundreds, probably thousands of computers. Does logging that really benefit anyone?

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