do i need copyright clearance for making a website for downloading movies or can i just upload it on my site.?

Published February 22, 2012 | By Bman

Question by : do i need copyright clearance for making a website for downloading movies or can i just upload it on my site.?

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Answer by Dr. Manhattan
copyright clearance is paramount for storing movie files on your server, however you can create a website that links to file hosts like rapidshare, megaupload, filesonic etc etc.

Linking to a file location is not illegal, but storing or uploading movies is.

here is a good example of this “loop hole”

http://tinyurl.com/sampleYA

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