[LEN-E] Violating copyright

[Ron Koster]

IMPORTANT NOTICE...

At 04:39 PM 03/12/2008 +0100, Thomas Köhler wrote:

>no problem, this sounds like a good idea for now and for the future.


I should have responded to this sooner, but 
actually no, it doesn't sound like a good idea -- not for this list, anyway.

I do understand that "other" people do it on 
"other" lists -- indeed, I've been on lists where 
people not only advocated and actively shared not 
only videos, but also bootleg software (including 
stuff like Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Premiere, 
worth in the hundreds, if not thousands of 
dollars), and mysteriously nobody has ever come 
knocking at their door to take them away, impose 
extremely heavy fines and/or jail terms... let 
alone simply shut down their lists -- but I'm 
afraid that I can't allow this here on this list 
(and I'm list owner, so I get to say so). ;)

Sorry everyone, I can certainly understand people 
wanting to be able to see things that otherwise 
aren't available, but this list has already been 
shut down without notice once before (back when 
it was hosted with YahooGroups) for the reason 
that it "violated the rights of others" -- with 
that obscure explanation being the only 
explanation ever given to me -- and I/we don't 
need to see that happen again, let alone do I, as 
list owner (and legally responsible for what 
happens on this list) need to end up in court 
because others want to "share" copyrighted 
material, which would probably also include 
having my whole web site shut down for good (and who knows what else).

The subject matter of this list (Leni 
Riefenstahl) already invites itself to be a 
target, simply because there are many people 
(ignoramuses) who "hate Leni" for purely 
presumptuous, biased, often ridiculous and even 
hypocritical reasons -- let's not give them a 
genuine, legal reason to hate all of us, too, 
simply for our desire to pursue an intellectual, 
scholarly approach to studying her life/films.

Okey-dokey?

On that note, I do still strongly encourage 
everyone to notify us all if/when there's a 
relevant show coming up on TV or something -- 
there's no harm (and only good) in that, of 
course -- but if you want to arrange to have a 
"bootleg" copy made for yourself, please take it *off* list.

And then you'll be legally responsible if they 
catch you, of course. ;)  But seriously, on this 
list DO NOT advocate or request the 
copying/sharing of copyrighted material, or 
advertise the availability of such via your own 
site. If anyone does so in the future, they will 
be *immediately* put on moderated status (i.e. 
any/all future messages will have to be approved 
by me first), OR simply immediately thrown off 
the list for good (depending on the severity of the offense), at my discretion.

Sorry to be a meanie, but hey, put yourself in my 
shoes -- never mind the fact that I'm sure 
everyone here would like to see this list 
continue without problems (legal or otherwise).

Ron :)

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