Supposing I’m Fred The Fed and I want to shut down Hexbear.net
What if I try to make a case that admins tolerate sharing copyrighted material in violation of Statute XYZ, so the site is illegal and should be seized.
You might say, “Copyright laws are dumb, man! Who cares!” but that doesn’t matter. Tell that to the law.
Should we get a lawyer’s advice on this? What steps does the site need to take to avoid heat?
No, and nothing. Nobody is hosting copyrighted content here, ergo no piracy is happening here. We’re not a big social media site trying to do an IPO, so we don’t even need to worry about bad optics for investors. There’s nothing at all worth being concerned about on this subject - it’s a complete non-issue.
good point on not being a big site with investors, i only thought about the hosting files part.