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Originally Posted by PKFFW
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.
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That may be, for the purpose of casual discussion. However, for the purpose of legalities--to sort out what action can or should be taken against copyright infringement--the fact remains that people can download without uploading, and many do, and exactly how many is entirely unknown.
And (in the US at least) we have laws that say you can't convict or sue innocent people because they're doing something similar to lawbreakers. The copyright owner's inability to tell them apart is not the downloader's problem.