Originally Posted by ahi
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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