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I've never taken any moderation action against anyone for copyright violations because I don't really understand it myself. Coincidentally we have been discussing it in the moderator forums as well.
The post was reported by the former moderator that wrote the enhanced TOU and another moderator acted based on the current TOU setup. It was not politically bent, it was only acted upon because it was reported. Obviously this is not a perfect system, but we are human and imperfect individuals trying to do the best we can.
Bill (the former owner and webmaster) was very worried about getting in trouble for copyright violations by members posts and ask that we step it up. This seemed to be only with text, not pictures or graphs. The new owners have looked at the same laws and have a more Laissez faire attitude towards it. It seems the posters are liable for copyright infringement and we are insulated as a mere conduit, but there's no clear definition as to what constitutes crossing the line.
This is something we are discussing and hope to have a clean cut resolution on soon.
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