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Originally Posted by HarryT
I (mistakenly) assumed that you would realise that I was referring to illegal material, such as that which is available on BitTorrent sites, Usenet newsgroups, etc. Clearly it is legal to download copyrighted material with the permission of the copyright holder, such as an item one has just bought from a web site, the books one can download from Baen's free library, etc etc.
Let me rephrase it. It is illegal to download copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright holder, whether that permission is implied or explicit.
It is absolutely illegal to download material such as, for example, "Harry Potter" books from Usenet, etc, regardless of whether or not one has bought the paper book.
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That makes more sense.
Though I have to say I'd find it hard to imagine any company prosecuting someone for downloading a music album he/she already owns.