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Originally Posted by PKFFW
Interesting point.
If one downloads a file that is under copyright and they do not have authorisation to make copies of that work they are in effect making an "unauthorised copy" of that file on their computer.
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No. They aren't.
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Originally Posted by PKFFW
I don't pretend to know the technicalities of the law exactly though and it was my understanding(as I've previously stated!) that it is the uploaders responsibility to ensure they have they relevant authoristion for making copies.
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Correct.
Laws made like you theorize in your first paragraph would mean that if I posted one of the Harry Potter books in plaintext (or even just a few chapters thereof) into a thread, all the people that viewed it (including the moderator who eventually removes it) would be guilty of copyright infringement and liable to full prosecution and penalties. Even if they only realized it was copyrighted after the page fully loaded, no account of my titling the post "Hot deal on the PRS-600". (Viewing a webpage does
COPY data from the internet onto your computer, you know!)
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