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Originally Posted by tompe
Why. I tale the image to be able to look at it ("read") later.
The laws in Sweden was changed a couple of years ago so now it is illegal to download copyrighted material. But it is copyright infringent or something similar that is the crime. It is not theft. And it is not theft in the US or UK according to what people have written about the laws in these countries here.
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So, we're back to the "copyright infringement is not theft" discussion, eh?
Fine. My point is, downloading digital material that is not authorized to be available is
illegal. Swedish law (as cited by Alexander's link) clearly states that:
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According to the new legislation copies and hence downloads derived from "copies/originals to which access has been made available illegally" will be prohibited.
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It says nothing about who made the files available illegally... just that, if they are illegally available, you do not have the right to download them... not even for personal use. So, by your description of your example, you are clearly breaking the law. By my description of your example, you are clearly breaking the law. Call it what you will.
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Originally Posted by tompe
You get a monopol to distribute intellectual property. It is the monopol that has value. Why confuse the monopol with the intellectual item?
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No... the intellectual item has the value. The monopol secures the legal right to distribute and protect the intellectual item.