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Originally Posted by anduin
I suggest you take a peek:
http://mp3.about.com/od/isitlegal/a/riaalawsuits.htm
Look near the bottom where it completely dismisses your foolish notion that downloading copyrighted material isnt illegal.
in fact i'll make it easy for you:::
"To be as specific/technical as possible, downloading copyrighted material without expressed permission is illegal. Such music must be purchased in order to be legal. " |
1) Wrong jurisdiction.
2) It doesn't completely dismiss anything. There is no legal argument made on the page. It just says "downloading is illegal" There is no reference to jurisprudence from case law or statute. Not saying there is no argument to be made for the case in the US. But about.com isn't where you'll find it.
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To be as specific/technical as possible, downloading copyrighted material without expressed permission is illegal. Such music must be purchased in order to be legal. "
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This is a load of huff too. If I pay a dodgy kid down the street to download music, it's not legal. He doesn't own the copyright.