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Originally Posted by Chris T
Not quite. Car adverts of that kind always include '*where permitted' in the small print. NTL made no such disclaimer in their advert. In fact, what they said was that the Spiderman movie was available to download from the 'net before it was even in the cinema. Blatant incitement to perform an illegal act.
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NTL would not have to put any such disclaimer in the advert. The law overides everything else and everyone should know the law. Ignorance of the law is no defence.
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Originally Posted by Hans Gruber
The difference with fast cars is there are places of you can legally drive at such speeds. Track days, driving across Europe, private land, etc... Obviously it takes a little common sense where you chose to do it.
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Of course.

Likewise there are times when you can legally download copyright material, for instance by having the copyright holders permission.