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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
"Some how reshare it" is going to need to be defined. It's either being reshared, or it isn't. If "somehow" means anything other than sharing the downloaded original in its entirety, then the answer to whether or not it's copyright violation is maybe/maybe not.
If you mean "shared" as in new fiction created by systems trained on the originals, then my guess is probably not.
But otherwise, yes. I think it's the latter: "It's what you do with the content that will count in court."
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In law, unless you're dealing with a very unusual court, intent always,
always matters. It may not be the decider, mind you, between guilty/not-guilty, but it can certainly affect the damages awarded, etc.
If you make a copy for yourself, that's one thing. I can't imagine any loony being crazy enough to chase/sue you for that. So...whatever.
If you make a copy for 100K people, that's different. That clearly signals "intent" and that's a whole other kettle.
Too many variables and "what ifs" here. We need to settle on some limits so that we can start to discuss it intelligently and yes, I'm painfully well aware that this is precisely the problem in discussing it--too many unknown unknowns and all that.
Hitch