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Originally Posted by Shaggy
In the Ayn Rand case, it was a random user uploading the content, with no verification that they really were a legitimate distributer. Yes, that's exactly how P2P works.
So in your view then, Jammie Thomas should not be held accountable.
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There's a big difference between Jammie Thomas and the original example. I understood you as talking about a person getting content
thinking they had the right to distribute it and then finding out later they didn't. Even if Ms. Thomas had purchased authorized copies of the songs she uploaded, she did not purchase the right to distribute them. When Amazon accepted the self-published work, it was with the submitter attesting they had the right to distribute it and was authorizing Amazon to distribute it for them. No such rights were given to Ms. Thomas if she purchased a CD or tracks from an authorized store.