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Old 17-06-2009, 01:27   #94
BenMcr
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Re: Virgin Media to Launch World's First Unlimited Music Download Service

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Originally Posted by rogermevans View Post
i think they would still have to show you intentional shared it to go after you for copyright damages
I not sure that they would, but there is always the possibility that they could show that not only was the music a copy of the one you had downloaded, but it had come from your IP address, then I think they would have a pretty good case for that

One or the other may not be enough, but both together might very well be.
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the worst they could with out showing that intent would be civil for breach of contract if they put in their T&C's that you had to secure your computer
Well if you care to risk it when the service launches be my guest.

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and even that i suggest wouldn't get them much as you could point many breaches of highly secure systems and that you couldnt be held to have to reach the sort of standard where your computer was unbreachable
And you think if you were prosecuted for Copyright theft that they wouldn't have computer experts that could work out if your computer had been hacked or not?

---------- Post added at 01:27 ---------- Previous post was at 01:24 ----------

The issues surrounding releasing music on MP3 and the legal ramifications will have been poured over by the music business long before this.
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