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Originally Posted by Hellmark
You really don't HAVE to upload while using file sharing apps. There are many ways to just simply download while using them.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Not necessarily. It depends on the specific application, but some of them definitely let you do one without the other. The notion that everyone participating in p2p is uploading is false.
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I chose not to mention that aspect for two reasons.
1: I would guess about 99% of people do not choose to only download and not upload at all when using a p2p client.
2: Those that do choose not to upload at all would fall into that category of leecher that "would never buy the book anyway so we shouldn't worry about them". They are not part of the "lets all share and let information be free and accessible for all" crowd.
Lets call a spade a spade and not quibble over technicalities. The vastly overwhelming majority of people who download books, movies, music etc using a p2p client are both downloading and uploading.
So to absolve them of all "wrong-doing"(for want of a better term) when it comes to copyright infringement(if such a thing is illegal where they are) because "it shouldn't be up to those that download to verify if something is under copyright, that is the sole responsibility of the uploader" is a bit of a furphy if you ask me.
Cheers,
PKFFW