Quote Originally Posted by Encatuse
Ghostman - It doesn't have to make sense. =) The fact of the matter is you would be hosting an illegal on Ron's server. He would be the one to get in trouble, not you...
Not exactly ... the poster is who would get in trouble. The DMCA safe harbor provisions shields "service providers" from liability in such instances, assuming the procedures, as outlined in the DMCA, are followed - note the "Click here for DMCA Designated Agent information" at the bottom of message posts here.

Quote Originally Posted by Encatuse
A similar question is: Why can't I post child porn here? It's not like we're charging you for it. Well, one simple reason why: Where Ron is hosting this server, it is illegal to do so and he's the one who deals with all the legal situations for this site.
Here again, the poster would be solely responsible for the reasons I explained above - they are the one who would have a legal problem to deal with, not us.

In a nutshell, it's best folks only post music, etc that they themselves have created and/or are licensed to distribute, such as promoter/record company; merely buying a CD, etc at a store does NOT give one distribution rights.

Ron