>>>You seem to be arguing from the belief that anything downloadable should be presumed to be in the public domain by default. I don't know where the hell you

>>>You seem to be arguing from the belief that anything downloadable should be presumed to be in the public domain by default. I don't know where the hell you got that idea from. But let's go on. What do you think it's called entrapment to begin with? Because you put cheese in the trap. The mislabeled file was cheese. Period. There are many legitimate reasons to search for illegal files. How do you think RIAA, MPAA and the rest find out what's been stolen? I search for things to see what's been stolen too. Are you arguing if the RIAA, MPAA or anyone in the course of researching piracy downloads a file to verify that it is indeed pirated they should be prosecuted? EDIT: Here is my legitimate reason for pirating a book: http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/how-the-axis-of-e-is-killing-publishing/ http://ebooktest.wordpress.com/2009/09/16/how-the-axis-of-e-... Piracy is a huge debate in book publishing with too many claims and too little evidence backing them up.