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Originally Posted by DrNefario
I am of the opinion that if you download anything, it is deemed to be copied in Australia. Otherwise everyone could download from servers in countries with the least copyright with impunity.
As such, it doesn't matter where you get it from. If you have the right to copy it in Aus, then you are fine.
It's a ridiculous state of affairs, though, really. I have books I'm not sure I should have, and it's quite a lot of work to figure it out. I'm thinking of giving up caring.
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Yep - what you say resonates with moi!!
If I download something from a torrent, or like site, that has servers in countries other than Australia, it seems to me that it's irrelevant whether or not that source material was in or out of copyright in the originating country.
To use the material for personal use in Australia doesn't seem to invoke the ire of the Aus gov't with respect to how you acquired the material provided it meets the year of death qualification.
For the ordinary person in the street, this is not straightforward .....
Having said all that .... provenance is still an unresolved issue in my mind ....
