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I don't think that the laws are the most important consideration here. If you get sued, it will likely cost you lots of money, even if you win. You do not want to go to court - and that can happen regardless of what the law says.
The relevant aspect here, is how likely you are to get a complaint (or takedown request, or law suit). If this involves music/movie rights organizations then the likelihood is fairly high if your attain any profile - and the country is not very relevant here. Even sites in Romania got hit with big legal troubles a few days ago.
Perhaps the most important legal aspect is not what jurisdiction the servers are located in, but rather where you are located or registered. If you are a company, perhaps you should register in Seychelles. IIRC a suit brought against a Seychelles registered company would require a lawyer to be registered there in order to be valid. That's a high bar, and one of your best protections.
That's what you get legal expenses insurance and liability insurance for
RE: DMCA
The DMCA actually offers you some protection. I'm not sure why you wouldn't want it, or something similar. It's section 512 with the "notice and takedown" which offers an easier way than just getting sued directly. IOW, you get a notice and if you take down the offending material, you're good. In Canada we have a much more fair system. It's called "notice and notice". That way you don't get the unfairness of someone censuring the content even though they're wrong, and perhaps know that they are. That's called DMCA abuse.
because it's US LAW, it's quite simple really.
DMCA being a US law doesn't always make a difference...
"A judge ruled on Friday that a 23-year-old student can be extradited to the United States for running a website posting links to pirated TV shows and films, despite significant doubts over whether such sites break any UK laws."
theguardian.com/law/2012/jan/13/piracy-student-loses-us-extradition
That only works in a few countries however, he just had bad luck to be in UK - Austria, Germany and most eastern european countries do never, under any circumstance, extradite their own citizens (in Germany that is even in the constitution).
I followed that story and was certainly on Richard's side regarding the extradition. However, that was a situation where the material was not taken down, and O'Dwyer continued doing what was under consideration. From that article:
"revenue of £15,000 per month. When US customs agents seized the site in 2010 it was replaced immediately with a slightly different domain name"
That's pretty high profile. Is this what the OP plans to do?
" It did not directly host any files, which meant, according to the student's lawyers, that it acted as little more than a Google-type search engine and did not breach copyright."
This is what fucks me off
it does. Richard was clearly ignoring requests (even valid UK based ones from what i know) i do not respect US laws. and why should i. I dare you ask a bunch of republicans from the US if they would respect UK laws in America.
"significant doubts over whether such sites break any UK laws."
He can ignore DMCA all day long, and probably acted on EUCD else there WOULD be a CLEAR violation of UK/EU laws and he WOULD be prosecuted in UK already (as others before).
The site itself is, as even lawyers and MPs noted, probably either legal or just a minor offence in UKs law books.
True, but if you're not high profile, what are the chances?
I recognize that TOS anywhere... Any knowledgeable personperson would know that this TOS was made using Webmaster's Cavern
Need add pool. Will be interesting.
https://www.lowendtalk.com/discussion/77534/paid-shilling