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Old 03-10-2011, 04:57 AM   #10
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Originally Posted by Kali Yuga View Post

Disclaimers like that are a thin fig leaf that doesn't really absolve the site of its responsibilities.
And, not juridically correct. Regardless whether or not a work still falls under copyright, in many West-European countries downloading is permitted under fair use.

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I don't believe PD hosting sites need to go crazy or pull titles, but it would not be difficult to filter based on geographic IP data.
Hmm, requiring these sites to block content that I would actually be legally allowed to download? Does not sound balanced to me, rather focused on pleasing the copyright holders.
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