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Originally Posted by Buzzard
I googled, but everything I find is pretty dated. From what I've found, it's still legal to download but not to upload, thanks to Judge Frankenstein's 2004 ruling. Does that pretty much sum it up still?
Just curious.  |
Kind of. It's not illegal to upload either. A user places a file in a shared directory is not considered by our court as an authorization to copy. It's like a library placing a photocopier in the middle of the books. Just because the library gave people the means to photocopy copy written material doesn't mean that they authorize it.
However, our bureaucrats are busy secretly enacting the ACTA treaty because treaties don't have to pass through Parliament so who knows what will happen in the future.