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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I never claimed that all p2p users should be absolved of "wrong-doing". I said that downloading is not infringement. If someone on p2p is also uploading, then yes, they are committing infringement. The question was "why do people think downloading is illegal", not "why do people think unauthorized sharing on p2p is illegal".
This issue is a lot bigger than p2p. There are many ways to download on the internet that don't have any association with uploading or sharing. It's the same principle when people bought Orwell eBooks from Amazon a while ago. They weren't committing infringement either, even though Amazon was.
Receiving copyrighted material does not require authorization. Distributing copyrighted material does. The responsibility is on the distributor, it has nothing to do with what technology is involved.
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I've agreed to that before therefore saw no point in reiterating myself on that point. I presumed my previous agreement would be seen to stand until or unless I changed it.
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Originally Posted by shaggy
Your original point implied all p2p users. That's what I objected to. The percentage is irrelevant.
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My apologies for not mentioning the approximately less than one percent that operate as you suggest. As everyone, yourself included, has posted in generalities in the past, I assumed it was allowed in this instance. I will endeavour to be more specific in the future.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
IF someone is downloading only, then that is not infringement.
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Again, I have already previously agreed to that, both in this thread and others. For future reference you may assume my agreement stands unless I state otherwise at some time in the future.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Lots of people do not understand the difference.
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Very true. Just as "lots of people" do not adjust their p2p programs to download only and not upload.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
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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I never said that. I never implied it.
Cheers,
PKFFW