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Originally Posted by Shaggy
The upshot of this is:
(1) Nearly everything on the internet is copyrighted.
(2) It does not matter if you were not aware that you were committing infringement.
IF people think that downloading can be infringement, then you would need to verify the legality of EVERYTHING you download in order to avoid a violation. It would also mean that you cannot just assume that ANY source (including legitimate seeming ones) have authorization. Clearly, that would be a ridiculous situation, and would effectively make using the internet impossible.
The whole notion that downloading can be infringement is just a scare tactic. When you think it through, it would be absurd for that to be the case.
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No, what it means is that individual circumstances haven't been fully tested through the courts and until such time as they are we all have our own opinions and nothing more.
In the meantime it is far easier for the copyright holders to go after the uploaders because that is clear cut and not open to interpretation.
Cheers,
PKFFW