forums on a linklist/tgp...

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hey everybody, ive been creating a new site for quite a while now, and its almost finished. I would like to have some forums for visitors to come to, where they can upload pictures from their pc to share with other forum users (of course the max upload would only be 200k or so)

now, ive seen several sites that do this, mostly tgp's, such as madthumbs.com - i am wondering what the risks are for me as the webmaster, having users post copyrighted images on a forum i created... i assume their is a way to get around it with the terms of service? so that users know THEY are responsible, and basically a disclaimer saying im NOT responsible?

of course if i had any complaints from a sponsor i would remove a thread right away...

i really want to do this because it will get alot of return visitors, as they will have to goto my main linklist in order to log into the forums.

It seems risky to me, but ive seen so many others do it, very large sites too, and it doesnt seem that they ever get in trouble by sponsors.

If i get alot of replies about how this is a bad idea to let them upload pictures, i will just make it no upload where they can just post links to galleries they like.

i guess my main question is how do some of these large sites create these forums without having to worry to largely about what people post?

I will moderate forums and quickly delete anything illegal of course.

pleae give me your comments and suggestions!! thanks