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Originally Posted by Shaggy
If a copyright holder uploads content to a P2P network, they are implicitly giving authorization to redistribute that content. That's what P2P networks are for. If Amazon does not have to verify the original claim, then why do P2P users have that additional burden?
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I don't believe it follows that just because Amazon's effort was not sufficient in all cases that making no effort is then acceptable.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Let's not get into the whole fallacy of comparing IP and copyright infringement with physical products and theft. Those analogies just don't work, the situations are fundamentally different.
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I was not comparing the infractions. I was comparing what is expected of people in our society as far as making sure their behavior is legal. If there is no price tag, a reasonable person would expect they would need to ask what the price is, not that they could just assume that it was there for the taking. If Ms. Thomas just assumed she had the legal right to redistribute those files without asking anyone or checking up on it, then she clearly was told by the courts that it was not the case.