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Originally Posted by Daithi
The point I was making is that Rapidshare and illegal pawn shops are analagous in that they both knowingly sell stolen goods. The fact that one business can SEE the person who originally stole the goods does not in any way invalidate this analogy.
The Yellow Pages provide addresses, phone numbers, and Ads for legitimate businesses. They are nowhere close to being a business like Rapidshare.
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Rapidshare doesn't sell goods, not even files.
Rapidshare rents disk space, and give a code to access it.
The user of that space can give that code to other people to let them read that storage.
Someone may use it for spread illicit material. But it's not at all it's purpose.
Trying to give them responsibility of piracy is like to try the landlord for partnership in crime because his tenant is a criminal.