| Effective immediately, all members must accept the Terms of Use agreement. I trust you all understand the reasons for this. |
| And everybody who reads this HAS already accepted them ^^ |
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| Wow...MAL's getting all official. :) |
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| Nice going Xin. |
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Overfiend said: And everybody who reads this HAS already accepted them ^^ I lold What he said |
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| "In addition, you agree not to use the Service or the Site to: * post links to any torrents or torrent files" I think it's kinda ironic that this site posts links to fansub groups. ^^; |
| And sends out torrent links ^^ |
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| MAL goes LIVE <3 - First step to world domination :D btw. niiiice sig overfiend~<3³ (jus the 'Overfiend' glow bugs me abit) |
| hrm *takes it out* [edit] Looks kinda empty now... [/edit] [edit2] Now it's gray, thats better^^ [/edit2] |
OverfiendOct 17, 2007 12:44 PM
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Ophelia said: "In addition, you agree not to use the Service or the Site to: * post links to any torrents or torrent files" I think it's kinda ironic that this site posts links to fansub groups. ^^; Overfiend said: And sends out torrent links ^^ This is my understanding: it isn't the torrent file that's the problem so much as whether the content is copyrighted or not. The site sends out links to torrents for ongoing shows that haven't been licensed yet. Mailing is okay because it's a one-time thing, but if you linked to a torrent on the forums and it later becomes licensed, now the site is directly linking people to copyrighted content. So the logical solution is to just restrict people from posting torrent links period. Linking to a site, like a fansubber's page, is different. You aren't sending someone directly to a download, so thanks to the disclaimer about third-party sites MAL isn't responsible for the content they may or may not provide. That's my take on things, at least. It's all about covering your ass. |
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Ophelia said: "In addition, you agree not to use the Service or the Site to: * post links to any torrents or torrent files" I think it's kinda ironic that this site posts links to fansub groups. ^^; agreed xD although i just google it |
| oooo terms of use o.o hahaha MAL evolves xD |
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| Er.. hasn't MAL already been in the world ever since it came out? >_>; The terms aren't really all that special, either. I read over them and it's all just copy/paste from the usual bland TOS. >_>;; Couldn't it be like.. something original to this site? |
Krelian said: It's all about covering your ass. QFT~! |
ShinoFuji said: Er.. hasn't MAL already been in the world ever since it came out? >_>; The terms aren't really all that special, either. I read over them and it's all just copy/paste from the usual bland TOS. >_>;; Couldn't it be like.. something original to this site? Well, they basically cover most (many) of the issues that I have been worried about for a while. I'm sure it'll evolve over time. |
Xinil said: Effective immediately, all members must accept the Terms of Use agreement. I trust you all understand the reasons for this. Yep. ^_^ |
| Well, as long this free great service stills on, its fine for me. |
ShinoFuji said: Couldn't it be like.. something original to this site? The point isn't so much original as to be thorough and cover all your bases. If some of the text can be copied and adapted, Xinil has that much more time to make more enjoyable additions to the site. |
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| We're a ---Company----, xD |
Aokaado said: We're a ---Company----, xD Awesome, can't wait until the staff gets the company cars. |
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| I look forward to the corporate parties xD |
Xinil said: I trust you all understand the reasons for this. ...No? I think I missed something. What changed? |
noelhoi said: Nice going Xin. ^ I think it was about time we had some TOS stuff. |
YourMessageHere said: Xinil said: I trust you all understand the reasons for this. ...No? I think I missed something. What changed? Nothing 'changed'. I just felt that before I get sued for something...I need to clarify things on the site. |
| Ah right. Prudent, if tedious. |
cyruz said: Aokaado said: We're a ---Company----, xD Awesome, can't wait until the staff gets the company cars. Send one of those cars to Noosa, Australia, when the time comes. Anyway, I understand why the TOU got added. I'm surprised they weren't here when I signed up back in Feb 2007. |
| ToS: the preemptive strike before the suing even starts. This Site is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older. ... I LOLed. |
| I understand about not directly posting links to torrents, but talking about them is still fine, right? Just not saying I got Licensed Series X from Evil Site Y... |
Xinil said: YourMessageHere said: Xinil said: I trust you all understand the reasons for this. ...No? I think I missed something. What changed? Nothing 'changed'. I just felt that before I get sued for something...I need to clarify things on the site. just out of curiosity what did you think could happen? |
iwubanimeOct 17, 2007 6:55 PM
| Probably some sort of copyright infringement suit, but there are quite a few legal issues you could potentially run into in managing a decent-sized site on the net even without worrying about American anime distributors trying to gain some control over fansubbing and such. gzeus said: This Site is intended solely for users who are thirteen (13) years of age or older. ... I LOLed. It's a legal thing. I don't guess you've ever heard of COPPA? The other option besides disallowing children under 13 is setting up some sort of parental consent form that has to be signed and returned via fax or mail or something of the sort, which would be a huge pain in the ass. Obviously kids can still use the site by lying about their age, but that absolves Xinil and co. of responsibility in court. |
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Krelian said: It's a legal thing. I don't guess you've ever heard of COPPA? The other option besides disallowing children under 13 is setting up some sort of parental consent form that has to be signed and returned via fax or mail or something of the sort, which would be a huge pain in the ass. Obviously kids can still use the site by lying about their age, but that absolves Xinil and co. of responsibility in court. Yeah, I've heard of it and that's how most other forums actually do it and how kids get around it. Of course, people of any age could be as naive/ignorant/immature/vulnerable as they wish but I guess it's inevitable that a line would have to be drawn somewhere even if it's just for convenience. |
gzeus said: Yeah, I've heard of it and that's how most other forums actually do it and how kids get around it. Of course, people of any age could be as naive/ignorant/immature/vulnerable as they wish but I guess it's inevitable that a line would have to be drawn somewhere even if it's just for convenience. It's not so much a matter of ignorance or maturity as protecting their privacy and such - the law is there to restrict sites gathering personal data (even if it's just an email address and such) from children. I guess they figure teenagers are old enough to fend for themselves. |
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| Long live MAL and its anime goodness!! :3 |
| *bowing* Terms of Use -sama has arrived. good thing me is 14. :3 |
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