Copyright and Terms of Use

[asculta]

Hello everybody
I am new to this forum, and i really find it useful, thank you!

Quick question:
I own a website that is a collection of embeded videos from youtube. The videos are added by the sites users.
Every video has a link to a download page (not on my server), to a third party service that can convert the video.

As far as i know, youtube embedding is legal as long as the video you are linking to has been uploaded by its owner.

In our terms of use we have written that the users are not allowed to use the download section unless they are the video's legal owner.
Also we stated that we are not responsable for the users content, and if any of the videos embeded on our site was ilegally uploaded on youtube, we will remove it from our site (at a written request sent via email).

My question now is: are we breaking the law?

(we have over 30,000 videos)

Thank you in advance!

[Mr. Knowitall]

If you're asking if there is no potential liability for directly linking to bootleg files, we can't tell you that.

I suspect you're not in the U.S., and thus should be talking to a lawyer in your country.

[kelly0313]

May i ask a few questions about an issue