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Originally Posted by BenMcr
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.
Well if you care to risk it when the service launches be my guest.
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?
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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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in court they have to in most cases show that you intended to do something
as to proving that your computer wasn't breached i can see that being a rather hard one given that most computers in this country are not protected properly any how to show that the mp3 couldn't have been taken with out your consent could be very problematic for them.
if they intend to run it that way it will fail even faster
any service that offers unlimited downloads must if they want to do well base thier modle on the baisis that they are just going to be a storage place to be used when you cant find where you filed that mp3 you wanted or just didnt bother to store as you have unlimited times to down load it and that is so cheap that it makes it pointless to do many searches to find that mp3 you want and check it for viruses and thus pointless having p2p using up your bandwidth storing them on your computer for others
whether or not using p2p to share music is ilegal or not is not the point it will happen until the alternative is easy in one place and cheap enough for a family to include in their budget