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Has anyone been sued for serious money just for downloading? Or have all the cases been people who were also uploading (and hence potentially costing far more
by hugh3 16y ago
Has anyone been sued for serious money just for downloading?
Or have all the cases been people who were also uploading (and hence potentially costing far more than one sale)?
- chc 16y agoIt's true that nobody has been explicitly sued for downloading, but in practice they have never shown any likelihood that the person uploaded to other people, so the real liability is essentially just having the track in your P2P client's media folder. It's a very hand-wavy way to sue people for downloading. Simmons advocates for suing "downloaders," but the actual suits would undoubtedly look much like the ones we've seen so far.