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Old 07-21-2009, 02:12 PM   #316
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Amazon directly charges and profits from people downloading the content. Amazon sells the content. Amazon is not "blind" to the content, it's not as if it's encrypted content they have no way to look into. So Amazon is quite responsible for distributing copyrighted material without permission.
As does any content distributor, and they all operate the same way. Copyright violations are removed when discovered.


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Sure, the uploader is responsible too, but (in my view) less so, especially if he/she uploads content that is PD where he/she lives and just overlooks that he/she is implicitly giving permission to Amazon for selling it in the US (something which, anyway, he/she has no right to do, so Amazon should not just trust it). And it can be argued that the copyright infringement on Amazon's part was unintentional and good-willing, but it's still there.
So when someone uploads a copyright video to an online video site they are less responsible for the copyright violation than the site itself? It doesn't matter, so far as I know, that there is money involved in the transaction.
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:13 PM   #317
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So a user downloading content from P2P isn't expected to to be able to tell the difference between a legitimate distributor and a rogue individual. So if that user turns around and shares the same file back out, everything is OK?
Amazon isn't a P2P torrent site, other than copyright violations being possible they aren't even remotely alike.
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Nope, that's an entirely different thing.
No, it's the exact same situation.

Someone is getting content from unknown sources without verifying if that source is authorized to distribute or not. They are then turning around and re-distributing the same content themselves. If it turns out that the content is unauthorized, then they should be able to just remove it without being held legally responsible.

Which did I just describe, the Amazon situation, or P2P?
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:16 PM   #319
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No, it's the exact same situation.

Someone is getting content from unknown sources without verifying if that source is authorized to distribute or not. They are then turning around and re-distributing the same content themselves. If it turns out that the content is unauthorized, then they should be able to just remove it without being held legally responsible.

Which did I just describe, the Amazon situation, or P2P?
Sorry, you're wrong. You're trying to say that just because the possibility of a copyright violation exists in a retail store it justifies the use of torrent sites to upload/download with impunity. No, sorry, that's just not right.
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So a user downloading content from P2P isn't expected to to be able to tell the difference between a legitimate distributor and a rogue individual. So if that user turns around and shares the same file back out, everything is OK?
I'm afraid I can't answer that question since I've never used a P2P system. Does a P2P client allow the user to specifically choose who to download content from, by name, like Amazon shows you the name of the publisher of a book? If so, then yes, I'd say that if the user were to download content from someone claiming to be a legitimate distributer of that content, then the end user could not reasonably be held accountable for any copyright infringement.
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:17 PM   #321
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As does any content distributor, and they all operate the same way. Copyright violations are removed when discovered.
ISPs do not sell their user's content, they just host it.
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I'd say that if the user were to download content from someone claiming to be a legitimate distributer of that content, then the end user could not reasonably be held accountable for any copyright infringement.
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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Old 07-21-2009, 02:23 PM   #323
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So when someone uploads a copyright video to an online video site they are less responsible for the copyright violation than the site itself? It doesn't matter, so far as I know, that there is money involved in the transaction.
I am not a lawyer, but in my local (Spanish) laws it matters indeed whether there is money involved or not. Sharing copyrighted content without intent of profit is legal (or so has been ruled at least once), selling unauthorized copyrighted content is undoubtedly illegal. The fact that there is money involved is crucial.

But anyway, who is more or less responsible was not the main point, and it would depend on the circumstances and subjectivities.
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:27 PM   #324
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They do have one. You have to fill in a form with such things as tax details, bank account details, etc, on it, sign it, and fax it back to Amazon. Your books don't appear in the Kindle store until you do this.
Signed is not notarized.

Notarized means the person's identity has been verified by an authorized, neutral third party. Filling out a set of numbers is meaningless if those numbers can just be fake.

Amazon should be working with stronger contracts than "I promise this info is true, signed Anon Anybody"--since they're distributing to third parties and grabbing a profit from the activity, they should be actually verifying at least some of the info before publishing.
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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.
I'm afraid that I honestly don't know enough about P2P clients, and what information they provide to the user, to be able to sensibly answer that question. Sorry.
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Old 07-21-2009, 02:31 PM   #326
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Sorry, you're wrong. You're trying to say that just because the possibility of a copyright violation exists in a retail store it justifies the use of torrent sites to upload/download with impunity. No, sorry, that's just not right.
No. What I'm saying is that it doesn't matter if you insert "Amazon" into the statement or if you insert "filesharer". Either they are both responsible, or neither one is.

Personally, I believe that they are both engaging in infringement. But, you can't say that one is and the other isn't. They are both doing the same thing.

IF (notice that's an If), someone wants to say that Amazon should not be held responsible, then they are also saying that P2P users should not be held responsible either. I am just curious as to whether the people defending Amazon really feel that way, or if they are just making special rules because it is a company doing it instead of an individual.
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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.
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.
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I'm afraid that I honestly don't know enough about P2P clients, and what information they provide to the user, to be able to sensibly answer that question. Sorry.
Hypothetically then, if a downloader could see the account names of people they were receiving the file from (who are claiming they are authorized distributors), then the downloader would not be responsible if they decided to re-share the file? Any liability would only be with someone who initially put a copyrighted work into the P2P network, since they are claiming at the time that they are authorized to distribute it?

Would that sound reasonable?
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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.
I was talking about re-sharing content that was downloaded from the P2P network, not uploading content ripped from a CD.
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I was talking about re-sharing content that was downloaded from the P2P network, not uploading content ripped from a CD.
Either way, is there a reason Ms. Thomas would have reason to believe she had received the right to distribute those files?
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