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    What would happen if....

    So i have noticed for a while now that bankofneopia has been doing more and more advertising on FB, twitter, tumblr, etc. I have seen a couple of boards on HC who have noticed thier ads on FB and reported it. I was wondering what Would happen to them. Like would TNT sue them ignore them or what? It just seems like they are trying to be to big and drawing way to much attention to themselves.

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    Nothing would happen to them. They're not doing anything illegal. TNT could threaten to sue, they would stop for awhile and just start under a different name or entity.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wrath View Post
    Nothing would happen to them. They're not doing anything illegal. TNT could threaten to sue, they would stop for awhile and just start under a different name or entity.

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    People already tried to sue tpb, they failed because the owners of tpb don't actually own/upload the content posted on there. They claim it is a site that users can upload whatever they want to while being completely anon, what they choose to upload is entirely up to them. It is a loop hole they use to elude copyright and legal issues. Anyone can do it.

    However the owners of neopets can sue the owner(s) of neopet sites if they find out the real owners but unless you are dumb/ don't pay for extra services to get your name and address taken off sites like whois, and the person(s) who upload your content to the web don't have any problems with waht you are posting (usually they don't care as long as they are making money) then there is nothing that viacom can really do. To be completely honest it would require them (viacom) to hire someone for the job (aka a white hat hacker) or pay off the hosting site to give them details, which they would never do unless the site was massive. They would only do it then to use it as a scare tactic to scare other sites into shutting down.

    This has failed for other companies such as runescape shutting down one of the biggest botting companies, as if you played runescape then and botted you would know there were still others sites operating.

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    Quote Originally Posted by zxzero View Post
    People already tried to sue tpb, they failed because the owners of tpb don't actually own/upload the content posted on there. They claim it is a site that users can upload whatever they want to while being completely anon, what they choose to upload is entirely up to them. It is a loop hole they use to elude copyright and legal issues. Anyone can do it.

    However the owners of neopets can sue the owner(s) of neopet sites if they find out the real owners but unless you are dumb/ don't pay for extra services to get your name and address taken off sites like whois, and the person(s) who upload your content to the web don't have any problems with waht you are posting (usually they don't care as long as they are making money) then there is nothing that viacom can really do. To be completely honest it would require them (viacom) to hire someone for the job (aka a white hat hacker) or pay off the hosting site to give them details, which they would never do unless the site was massive. They would only do it then to use it as a scare tactic to scare other sites into shutting down.

    This has failed for other companies such as runescape shutting down one of the biggest botting companies, as if you played runescape then and botted you would know there were still others sites operating.
    This and let's remember that TPB is a torrent directory where this other website is a market for virtual currency/goods so the comparison in terms of what is legal is very much irrelevant.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Infamous Joe View Post
    This and let's remember that TPB is a torrent directory where this other website is a market for virtual currency/goods so the comparison in terms of what is legal is very much irrelevant.

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    Yea, someone had mentioned tpb so I thought I would tell them why they could not be sued/shut down.

    You are right they are completely different things, which is why I threw in the runescape example. hehe.

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    Who's the bankofneopia? Whats all this about?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Gemma View Post
    Who's the bankofneopia? Whats all this about?
    An overpriced neopets selling site. If you dont know about it, then you're not really missing out on much
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    Sounds like a dodgy site.

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    All those sites are run by people on these boards, so they're not dodgy, they're just appealing to the masses that don't come to the sources. Don't be hating. <3

    ---------- Post added at 09:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:18 PM ----------

    Sorry, on the topic: The only things I've seen TNT do to websites are try to go after the Paypals and shut them down, or go to the websites hosting and say they're using copyrighted images and try to get that shut down. I've yet to see them threaten legal action to anyone.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kylae View Post
    All those sites are run by people on these boards, so they're not dodgy, they're just appealing to the masses that don't come to the sources. Don't be hating. <3

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    Sorry, on the topic: The only things I've seen TNT do to websites are try to go after the Paypals and shut them down, or go to the websites hosting and say they're using copyrighted images and try to get that shut down. I've yet to see them threaten legal action to anyone.
    I feel like that would be too much work for TNT. I doubt they think it's worth the effort for the money they could get. I guess they figure they could make as much off NC selling rather than to sue over something[COLOR="Silver"]
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