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Old 10-21-2009, 02:46 PM   #51
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Originally Posted by PKFFW View Post
My point is that the overwhelming majority of people who download by using a p2p program(by far and away the most common form of downloading today) also upload that material at the same time. To suggest otherwise in order to absolve all downloaders of any participation in the act of copyright infringement is simply ridiculous in my opinion.
Your original point implied all p2p users. That's what I objected to. The percentage is irrelevant. IF someone is downloading only, then that is not infringement. Lots of people do not understand the difference.

Many people make the mistake of automatically throwing all p2p activity into the "it must be illegal because it's p2p" category. There are also a lot of sources trying to convince people that "downloading" is illegal. Neither is true.
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