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Originally Posted by PKFFW
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.
The downloader requests a copy, the uploader gives it to them. The downloader never has direct access to the original file, and cannot make a copy themselves.
Forget about the technology involved, it doesn't matter. Think about if you walk into a book store and ask the clerk for a book behind the counter. He pulls it off the shelf, makes a photocopy of it, and gives you the photocopy. The original book remained in his possession the entire time. Who committed infringement?