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That is more reasonable, but who should be responsible for detecting and issuing the tickets?
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That was why I said original uploader. Without them, nobody downloads anything. I still maintain that they are the only ones responsible for any alleged loss of profit.
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I agree mostly they are the responsible party, but that does not mean downloading is legal though because it is essentially making a copy of a copyright protected item.
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In the UK, at least, someone acting on behalf of the copyright holder (usually for a share of the profits from any early settlements) collects IP addresses and contacts the ISP for a list of account holder details to send threatening letters to. |
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Are you suggesting that, once a single person has uploaded a book illegally, everybody else in the world should be able to download it with impunity?
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I see your point, but I honestly think that the downloaders are just as guilty as the uploaders. I very strongly suspect that the overwhelming majority of people who download illegal eBooks from BT, Usenet, etc, know jolly well that what they're doing is illegal.
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Assuming this is to go after people who download and not people who made the pirate ebooks available... Silly question ... what keeps the accused from going out and simply buying old paperback versions of all of these books after the fact, and claiming they have already paid for the book? Unless you downloaded absolutely huge numbers of pirated ebooks, simply buying the book would be cheaper that dealing with this nonsense, wouldn't it? I wonder how the courts would look at an illegal digital copy of an ebook you already own - as long as you do not give it away or post it for others? It will be interesting to see how this turns out. |
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Of course they do and not only that, even if they don't know, it doesn't give them free reign to break the law.
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