That's an interesting point, would be good to know who could be legally held responsible. The platform or the user? Or both?
Steemit is not the first or last website to host a lot of content that is in violation of copyrighted materials, but since every single piece of content is monetized, it could potentially come under more fire at some point.
Unlike Reddit where content is linked to, people directly copy/paste onto Steemit. In countries like the UK where blocking/banning particular domains is actually something the legal system can require an ISP to do, this could cause a huge problem for us.
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