Is it legal to host a free movie website in the US?
<p>I was thinking of starting a website where you can watch free movies. Now I know it's illegal to host movies, but what if my site just embeds a movie from another site who is hosting it? BTW, if it is legal, can I charge users a small fee just to access my site?</p>

<p>Too bad you don't live in Sealand. The <em>Grokster</em> case held:</p>

<blockquote>
  <p>Producers of technology who promote the ease of infringing on
  copyrights can be sued for inducing copyright infringement committed
  by their users.</p>
</blockquote>

<p>In other words, no it's not legal in the US. </p>

<p>Saturday night laziness, quotes are from Wikipedia. </p>

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