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Realize that.  However, Linux distros are obviously legal to distribute. Just wanted to point out a couple of scenarios where you might receive a nasty letter when you haven't actually done any infringing. 
You're right about *buntu torrents being much faster compared to normal HTTP/FTP servers. I was getting 2~4MB/s when I downloaded Karmic. |
Depends on what packages you use; some of the ones in *-restricted-extras and the Medibuntu repositories are illegal in a lot of corporatized nations. Libdvdcss2 is a particularly sticky one because that's the one that allows you to play (by breaking the encryption on) DVDs. That's why they're kept in the repositories in the first place.
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Originally Posted by ilovejedd
Doesn't Blizzard use torrents (or at least some form of peer-to-peer connection) to distribute updates and reduce load on their servers? I read the fine print on my StarCraft II manual/ToS and they give you permission to distribute the software as long as it remains unaltered. I'll have to double-check the new License Agreement for Windows 7 but I think it also says the same thing (of course, sharing your product key is another matter).
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Blizz uses a surprisingly modern business model; instead of selling on a per-copy basis, they sell on a per-account one and charge an "about right" for access. A lot of other game companies seem to be more concerned about protecting their client using ever-increasing DRM or other screwball methods (like the DCU Online game launcher's requiring some version of Internet Explorer for unspecified reasons). Makes me wonder if they "farm out" a lot of processing to the game client, thus making it vulnerable to cheaters.
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Seriously, I don't know how they're going to implement this. I think there may be a lot of false positives when they eventually do.
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No idea either, and I wouldn't be surprised if there were lawsuits out the you can guess where. Quite frankly, though, I'm amazed nobody tried to force this sooner on the pretext of hunting down child porn.