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Originally Posted by frank.w
The few high profile cases of individuals getting hit with outrageous fines - if they are allowed to stand, and if the practice continues - would most likely place a chill on public acceptance of "personal copies for friends" .
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Of course the few high profile cases we've seen from the music industry had nothing to do with "personal copies for friends" unless "friends" means "anyone with a torrent tracker". They're very unlikely to sue me for giving a copy of a book to my sister even if they somehow found out about it. It's not worth the price of their lawyer even writing me a letter. The case would just bring them bad publicity and the minuscule judgment they might get would hardly serve as a deterrent. Now if I put my library up on torrents and a few thousand people download it, then we're talking.