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This isn't actually settled in US law, as far as I can tell: if you actually do own a legal copy and you download another copy, it's unclear that you've actuall

This isn't actually settled in US law, as far as I can tell: if you actually do own a legal copy and you download another copy, it's unclear that you've actually done anything illegal. IIRC this is the argument that Apple uses to de-duplicate copies of users' music libraries, sometimes to deleterious effect[1]. [1]: https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252932712 https://discussions.apple.com/thread/252932712

nanidin 4y ago
Yes, and as I understood it the illegal part of torrenting was the upload, not the download.
- deaddodo 4y ago
  Technically, the “illegal” part is copying, distributing and deriving from; per Title 17 of Federal law (in the US, of course). That being said, just like possessing a pound of marijuana can be considered an amount with intent to distribute, the same can be said for having a NAS server with 20TB of copyrighted media. In addition, there are state criminal/civil laws to take into account as well.
  - phpisthebest 4y ago
    >>>just like possessing a pound of marijuana can be considered an amount with intent to distribute, the same can be said for having a NAS server with 20TB of copyrighted media. Not even close to being the same thing under the law, not even in the realm of the same thing. Show me one case, even one where a person was sued or even implied that the amount of digital content stored on a storage server was considered "intent to distribute" for the purposed of copyright violation >>In addition, there are state criminal/civil laws to take into account as well. Name them, copyright is 100% US federal law. So what other laws are in play here
listenallyall 4y ago
Do you have the authorization if the legal copyright holder? If so, great! But if you are downloading torrents from Pirate Bay, I'm going to assume you don't have such authorization.

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This isn't actually settled in US law, as far as I can tell: if you actually do own a legal copy and you download another copy, it's unclear that you've actuall

by woodruffw 4y ago

nanidin 4y ago
Yes, and as I understood it the illegal part of torrenting was the upload, not the download.
- deaddodo 4y ago
  Technically, the “illegal” part is copying, distributing and deriving from; per Title 17 of Federal law (in the US, of course). That being said, just like possessing a pound of marijuana can be considered an amount with intent to distribute, the same can be said for having a NAS server with 20TB of copyrighted media. In addition, there are state criminal/civil laws to take into account as well.
  - phpisthebest 4y ago
    >>>just like possessing a pound of marijuana can be considered an amount with intent to distribute, the same can be said for having a NAS server with 20TB of copyrighted media. Not even close to being the same thing under the law, not even in the realm of the same thing. Show me one case, even one where a person was sued or even implied that the amount of digital content stored on a storage server was considered "intent to distribute" for the purposed of copyright violation >>In addition, there are state criminal/civil laws to take into account as well. Name them, copyright is 100% US federal law. So what other laws are in play here
listenallyall 4y ago
Do you have the authorization if the legal copyright holder? If so, great! But if you are downloading torrents from Pirate Bay, I'm going to assume you don't have such authorization.