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ABS-CBN Suing People for Linking to YouTube Videos!?
Whether it’s real or bogus, it’s the stupidest thing I’ve heard all year. A commenter on my blog reports that ailing Philippine TV network ABS-CBN is threatening to sue people for the mere act of linking to a YouTube video!
I have a dilemma I received today an email from “abs-cbn security†that they were suing youtube and I for copyright infrigement. I have been watching Maging Sino Ka Man via karla193 and seanfelipe. Well, Karla193 account or IP was banned but through the grapevine she established another one via lab139, so I shared it with fellow cyberpinoys even to the point that I put it under my favorites for others to view. My question is can abs-cbn really sue me and the fact that I’m all the way in Atlanta, GA. Lastly, I got so spooked by their email that I closed my account. Need some advice..
Sharon
Let the incredible absurdity of this threat sink in for a moment: a company is suing someone for posting a hyperlink to someone else’s page on another company’s site, on another page of that same site. This goes way beyond ignoring the DMCA Safe Harbor Provisions, straight into deep ignorance of the hyperlinked nature of the Web itself. I’m no lawyer, but I’m sure no jury in its right mind could possibly rule against someone for the mere act of posting a hyperlink! A company you have no relationship with, threatening you over what you bookmark on your own personal Web services, is simply deluded by its own boneheaded hubris.
Sharon, this is either a ridiculous hoax or an empty threat. Either way, it’s an insult to your intelligence.
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