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Originally Posted by Shaggy
I don't know about the UK, I was speaking of RIAA lawsuits in the US. However, it wouldn't surprise me if you actually read the court documents you'll see that they are being sued for "uploading" or "sharing". You see the media claim "downloading" in a lot of their stories, but it's not accurate. Every single one of these cases that I've ever seen are always about uploading/sharing (which is what's actually illegal according to copyright).
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I understand what you mean, since I would imagine that BitTorrent is probably the most popular means of downloading such material these days and, of course, when you "download" a file with BT, you are also simultaneously "uploading" it, too.
But I am surprised that you say that downloading is not against the law. Surely, by downloading, you are making an unauthorised copy, are you not, and that's a copyright violation!