[Freesteyelz]

Good info, Gord.

Originally Posted by Gord

If you do all this and a user posts copyrighted material and you don't notice it, then the user will be held responsible. You need to inform your members that they might be in danger in this way.

I've been in many discussions such as this one and this argument above may not necessarily hold water. If you (the admin) or a moderator come across a post with an image posted with the [img] tag and do nothing about it, knowing that most things posted are copyrighted, you can be held liable.

What you're doing here, by updating your copyright standards, is really playing the odds. You're betting with the bigger companies but betting against the smaller companies or individual authors. If you make known to the public of your copyright policies then do whatever you can to enforce them.