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Originally Posted by wodin
That means that I can go out to a warez site and download and use anything I want with impunity, and without paying as long as I don’t redistribute it!
I’m skeptical!
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Me too, but it does rather fit.
Copyright law was developed to stop publishers from grabbing their competition's work and re-selling it; it was not concerned about the purchasers of those illegally-made books, who had bought them in good faith.
Copyright law has been falling apart since copying stopped requiring thousands of dollars of specialized equipment. It's very possible that this is a loophole the RIAA doesn't want to discuss... that it's only the senders, not the receivers, who are breaking any laws.