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Site Help and Rules / Posting bootleg videos.

« on: August 09, 2006, 09:48:46 PM »

doesnt youtube and google get in trouble for hosting these or do the people who upload them take full resposibility

why would you guys promote piracy of bmx videos, your killing your favorite sport?

They delete them as soon as they are reported.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting bootleg videos.

« on: August 09, 2006, 09:48:20 PM »

personally couldnt give less of a fuck, if i get to watch kickass riding for free then thats great. its not like the more i watch videos online the more parts of my bike disappear.

Karma is a bitch.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting bootleg videos.

« on: August 07, 2006, 08:14:32 PM »

90% of companies watch 20inchnyc. not bg.

Not Bg?

Just where may I ask did you pull that number/information from?
My guess would be your ass.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting bootleg videos.

« on: August 05, 2006, 02:00:39 PM »

I could contradict you on so many counts but it's really not worth it.

And it would still not justify it.

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Site Help and Rules / Help!!!

« on: August 03, 2006, 12:18:16 PM »

I can ban it, but I will not delete it just so you can create a new one.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting bootleg videos.

« on: August 01, 2006, 08:37:18 PM »

And to the moron who thought it would be funny to report this thread because "Yeah, I am horribly offened that you would ban people for spreading videos. Ever thought that the internet is the only place that some individuals can rely on for this stuff?"

I am not only horribly offended that you reported it, I am also offended that you are dumb enough to justify it this way, and that you think I am so mean for temporarily banning someone for BREAKING THE LAW that I have decided to ban you temporarily.

Why?
Because you did it to annoy me, or you are too stupid to realize that you are angry at me for keeping you and myself from getting sued.

Jeez some people are dense.


Edit:
Ha Ha.. his email address even mentions the Pope.. Hmm, I do not think the Pope would think you stealing videos is the right thing to do.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting bootleg videos.

« on: August 01, 2006, 02:00:31 PM »

^ They're not the ones ripping the videos, they are already on Google/Youtube/what have you.

Maybe if someone went into the video section and made a thread saying, "here, I just ripped such and such, you can all download it off me now instead of paying", then it would be a big deal. I don't see how posting links to existing content puts you at risk.

So if somone robbed a bank, and handed you the money that makes it alright? It is still pirated or stolen is it not? It is still being illegally distributed.

As for the links getting me into trouble. Have you not been watching the lawsuits going on by the MPAA and RIAA. They have sued dentists for playing music in his lobby. If they could, they would charge royalties for singing a song to your child or humming a tune. They would if they could. Also a few years ago a magazine called 2600 was sued just for linking to a site containing the decryption code for DVD's. They lost.

Then there is the other problem.
Who pays to keep BG running? Those same people you guys are watching stolen videos from. Ever heard of "don't bite the hand that feeds you".

And yes, people have offered to trade pirated videos for parts and organised chat rooms for trading pirated videos on BG.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting bootleg videos.

« on: August 01, 2006, 01:40:57 PM »

personally i think this rule sucks but your the boss sheep

Hmm, well lets see...

1. You are doing it publicly, see # 1, can you say evidence?

2. It hurts your sport/religion, whatever you call this.

3. Companies watch BG. I have been asked by more than one company to take down links or sales of their pirated videos. How much of a dick do you have to be to post links to a video of a company YOU KNOW is on BG. How much of an asshole do you have to be to link to an Odyssey video knowing Jim, Nuno and Chris all watch this place? Same with other companies. Almost every major bmx company watches BG (probably 90%). They may not admit to it, but they do.

4. Not only is it againt federal law, and BG rules it is against my hosts rules. It is illegal. As in crime. You know, FBI warning and shit... That is great, get Bg shut down for your stupidity.

5. It puts my ass on the line because of you doing stuff. Do you really think I want to be sued because of you?


Think just a little bit people.

We are not some rinky dink little site no one knows about. Every search engine links to us. We are pretty much the largest bmx site. We have tens of thousands of readers (way over that), which puts us up there with most bmx magazines. Manufacturers cannot afford not to pay attention as BG consists and represents a major part of the bmx market.

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Site Help and Rules / Posting bootleg videos.

« on: July 31, 2006, 10:51:57 PM »

I do not care if it is hosted on Google or whatever.

If you post a link, you WILL be banned for at least 2 weeks.

This is your only warning.

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Site Help and Rules / putting pictures on

« on: July 21, 2006, 01:04:10 PM »

When I tried to stick them up it said two out of three were too big yet I shot them all on the same camera and settings.

The file size was too large.
BMP's over-do this size quite easily.

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News / Spice up the front page...

« on: July 20, 2006, 12:45:37 PM »

send them to where?

My name @bikeguide.org

I would prefer not to post it as it gets plenty of spam already.

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News / Spice up the front page...

« on: July 19, 2006, 04:19:41 PM »

Are you no longer accepting images? I thought your e-mail was listed on here.

Yep, send them in.

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Site Help and Rules / putting pictures on

« on: July 18, 2006, 06:18:59 PM »

ta, how do you fiddle about with the sizes so they fit?

If they are too big, the board will thumbnail them.

Otherwise you need a photo editing program.

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Site Help and Rules / If you or a friend!! cannot post, read here.

« on: July 13, 2006, 12:51:35 PM »

Hey my friend has Yahoo but he cannot register because it's banned. I have AOL, but he doesn't. What CAN he use? Thanks.

AOL works.

No free email addresses work.
I cannot recomend one because all that I find, I block.

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Site Help and Rules / going to bikeguide from a friends house

« on: July 12, 2006, 12:02:57 PM »

When I'm at my friends house, I usually use there ip instead of mine. I tried to get on bikeguide and it showed me logged in but said "Sorry, the admin has banned your ip address" and wouldn't let me do anything. My friend has never heard of bikeguide so he doesn't know why it's doing this.

Maybe another of his friends is banned.