Dos the Copyright Still Stand for Information?

The judge ruled against rusty precisely because he had asked his son to moderate the uploads. By being responsible, by screening every file, rusty became liable. Suddenly he was a publisher, not just a bulletin board. The thing rusty did to protect the family business actually left them exposed. This became an important ruling for degital media. Who owns it? Who has a right to share it? Most importantly, can the person running the platform be held liable?