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Originally Posted by Shaggy
So what would be the legal definition of a legit site vs a non-legit site?
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
How is a downloader supposed to know whether the host they are getting content from is authorized? Isn't this the exact same situation?
Pick a link at random from google and download the data to your hard drive. Did you just commit a criminal act? How would you even know?
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Ok, fair enough. I agree that's very tricky and I'm willing to concede that it's going to be hard to go after the downloaders.
But I throw all my support behind making uploading copyrighted material a crime, and having a large, federal agency (or requiring each state to have their own agency) to enforce the laws. Again, with penalties not being absurd. Just MSRP +25% or something for each time the file they uploaded was downloaded etc.
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Originally Posted by Shaggy
Actually, courts have ruled on this for software, in favor of the consumer.
Doesn't matter what a contract or license says, it can't take away consumer's rights. It's not against the law to try and do so, but such terms have no teeth.
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Yet there's still plenty of software I use that can be licensed to only 1 or 2 machines, or only my one account etc.
So I don't see e-books being licensed to one account being any different legally.
As long as it's clear and up front consumers aren't losing any rights. I don't like it, but that's just the way it is until the courts rule otherwise and say nothing can be sold as a license etc.