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Old 10-27-2009, 03:56 PM   #126
Elfwreck
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Originally Posted by Shaggy View Post
The way copyright is currently written, intent does not matter for direct infringement. That is a fact. If you are suggesting that downloading can be direct infringement, then virtually everybody on the internet can be in violation of the law without even knowing it.
If downloading is (can be) infringement, I wonder if it's legal to put up a website and say, "I do not give permission for any of AOL's servers to copy this content. If AOL puts this content on their servers, it is guilty of copyright infringement."

Because that sounds like a wonderful way for somebody with a good lawyer to make a lot of money suing AOL.
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