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Originally Posted by Shaggy
You get it more than most people do. Whenever you read news articles (and most posts) about this, they always use the word "download". However, the actual court cases are about uploading. The uploader is the one who is committing direct copyright infringement. I'm not aware of anyone ever being sued specifically for downloading.
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Exactly, since (depending of the d/lers location) (s)he might be allowed to posses the file downloaded (e.g. by posession of the original media)
whereas an u/loader releasing files up "blindly" can hardly control if
only ppl who are allowed to download do so.