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Old 2009-04-22, 03:33 PM   #1
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The main point is that file sharing, in and of itself, is not illegal and the PB people were not found guilty of it. Most people don't realize that.

Yeah and the guy can't profreed.

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That guy really doesn't have an opinion of any kind, plus, he's an idiot.
(Not exactly quality reporting there.)
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Old 2009-04-22, 03:36 PM   #2
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The main point is that file sharing, in and of itself, is not illegal
Yes it is.

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Old 2009-04-22, 03:40 PM   #3
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I never know when you are kidding.

Legal filing sharing of GPL or other open source, copyleft software is done all the time. In fact, if I download a new Linux distro they'd prefer that I use a torrent to take a load off their server.

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Yes it is.

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Old 2009-04-22, 04:18 PM   #4
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Yes it is.

I'm a lawyer - I should know.
6 months ago I downloaded FC9 via a torrent specifically because it automatically runs the checksum and I know I won't be burning bad dvds if I get my OS from a torrent.

Which law did I break by using filesharing? I'm no lawyer, and I'd like to know.
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