So is this Illegal

Earnings · Jan 27, 2012

Hey guys,

So I make around $5-10 a day with YouTube content locking ebooks, and although I appreciate that that is around $150-$300 a month, the method i`m using takes a fair amount of resources.

I know a lot of people content lock TV shows and movies, I just want to ask one question.

If I content lock a video that is hosted on someone elses site, so say I had a gateway that lead to sidereel, is that illegal?

I`m not hosting, but i`m basically linking to it?

I know this is a noob question, but please just help =)

MicGrez · Jan 27, 2012

Lol, ur good to go

Adam Rock · Jan 28, 2012

does it really matter? just go use a VPN or proxy or something. use starbucks internet if you have too.

Virus1 · Jan 28, 2012

This is a weird question...

I do not believe it is illegal, but the website owner might not like it.

Lutherblissett · Jan 28, 2012

No but its a damn fine way to make money if you can blast those vids up. Youtube + Video Content + Content Locker = $$$$ if you can scale it.

meannn · Jan 28, 2012

Hide your ass and you are ok.

rulez05 · Jan 28, 2012

yes it is there some young student by uk got arrested by fbi putting copyright video links on his site.. don't use you real ip and always use vpn. but on youtube it's okay.. go for it.

Virus1 · Jan 28, 2012

rulez05 said:
yes it is there some young student by uk got arrested by fbi putting copyright video links on his site.. don't use you real ip and always use vpn. but on youtube it's okay.. go for it.

This is not a link to copy of copyright material.

this is a content locker that dumps you on the REAL site.
Criminally I do not see a problem....
he might sue you on a civil court...
but the worse you would get is a order to stop doing it... since there is no copyright infringement.

The UK student case is different... he had links to copyright material.
He had links to PIRATED material.... there is no pirated material in this case.

jamieton · Jan 28, 2012

I think it's not illegal.

Earnings · Jan 28, 2012

Basically,

Code:

http://www.sidereel.com

is a website where you can gain access to TV shows, THEY link DIRECTLY to pirated material hosted on videobb and other websites.

If I link to SIDE REEL, am I still breaching copyright laws?

In essence i`m just promoting side reel, but they ARE linking direct to pirate TV shows (not sure how they get away with it)

I`m probably just worrying too much, but hey, I don`t want to get arrested =)

messiaah · Jan 28, 2012

can anyone tell me what is the theme used on side reel

Mutikasa · Jan 28, 2012

look man, probably it's not illegal, but if u do it so much that some MPAA gets angry you will probably be guilty. If u get to that level you will already have money to escape to mexico

cricket1 · Jan 28, 2012

Mutikasa said:
look man, probably it's not illegal, but if u do it so much that some MPAA gets angry you will probably be guilty. If u get to that level you will already have money to escape to mexico

Exactly, you have nothing to worry about as there are thousands of movie sites out there... However, as time goes on I recommend you to work on other long term projects if you are serious about making money online.

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Lutherblissett · Jan 28, 2012

Earnings said:
Basically,

Code:

http://www.sidereel.com

is a website where you can gain access to TV shows, THEY link DIRECTLY to pirated material hosted on videobb and other websites.

If I link to SIDE REEL, am I still breaching copyright laws?

You just linked to sidereel in this post. . . expect this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y_PIdkiP_Cs

Icash42 · Jan 28, 2012

Earnings said:
Basically,

Code:

http://www.sidereel.com

is a website where you can gain access to TV shows, THEY link DIRECTLY to pirated material hosted on videobb and other websites.

If I link to SIDE REEL, am I still breaching copyright laws?

In essence i`m just promoting side reel, but they ARE linking direct to pirate TV shows (not sure how they get away with it)

I`m probably just worrying too much, but hey, I don`t want to get arrested =)

They operate from SF, CA(

) and dont seem to be in any copyright trouble so I guess you could link to them without any worries.

bertbaby · Jan 28, 2012

I love threads that begin with "Is this Illegal?". It's funny how people can't discern between what's illegal and what's unethical. I have sites that linked to my images directly so that I eat the bandwidth. I found out, watermarked the very same images and took advantage of the free advertising.

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