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Is my website safe from the law?

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My latest blog is finished.
It is a musicians' upload blog, with a general theme/topic for discussion, and quarterly contests for a user-made topical video for five or some thousand dollars.

Is this a potential hornet's nest? lots of legal risk ? What are the hornets?

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If there is copyrighted material (songs, word scripts, published material), the hornets are the potential use of copyrighted material.

If there is none, then no issue.
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I think you're probably asking the wrong people this question.  For the most part we're programmers, engineers and technical professionals.  Not legal professionals.

When it comes to questions about law, you should consult a lawyer.
Agreed with both experts.

If you can retain a good attorney who can draw up papers between you and your bloggers, then you should be quite safe for allegations or infringement issues. You will ofcourse have to provide best effort security to ensure that the music is not stolen.
Law enforcement is not going to look at your site and come arrest you.  However... if someone doesn't like what you are doing, they can always sue you.  Lawsuits are how copyright issues are resolved.
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