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Originally Posted by etccarmageddon
As long as you arent uploading copywrited music or other material to people then you are fine to continue. It's the uploaders the music/movie corporations are going after as they are the ones distributing the music/movies. So despite your confession! I think you have nothing to worry about.
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If he downloads then he also uploads.. even those p2p networks which allow you to leech (eg. WinMX.. btw I despise leechers, who download loads of stuff but choose to upload nothing in return) still upload the files you are downloading off others.
Of course the BPI have so far only gone after the largest uploaders (several thousand files each, iirc) so I daresay he is safe from their attentions.
I'll make no secret that most of my bandwidth usage goes on p2p.. yes, those files people are happy to leech come from people like me, who do upload and share. It's also worth reminding people that not all p2p usage is illegal, and many legal downloads are distributed this way, eg. game demos and Linux distros. Whether those are the type of files I personally use p2p for, I'll leave you to guess
btw please, before anyone gives the 'p2p is bad mmkay' speech, save it, I've heard it already
