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Originally Posted by Billi
I'am afraid you and Shaggy are making it more difficult than neccessary. You don't need to know beforehand if the site you're visiting contains copyrighted photos from Reuter, for example. You're only responsibility is what you're doing with this photo. If you just look at it, it's fine, if you use it on your own website or distribute it in any other way, that's wrong. But no one will bring you to court because your browser cache folder contains copyrighted photos.
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I can not speak in Shaggy's name, but my argument is in favour of what is the current practice in Canada, where legal system is going after the uploaders, ignores/does_not_prosecute the (purely passive, ftp, rapidshare, newsgroups) downloaders.
And the argument is that because of the nature of Internet, it is not practical to prosecute those who download copyrighted material. One has to prove that downloader's intent to violate the copyright law, that he knew what he was doing, that he was aware that the work was copyrighted, etc. etc. etc.
The one who uploads copyright protected material is in clean violation of the law, there are no COMPLICATIONS.