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IANAL, but my understanding is that, at least in the UK, it's still illegal to download. It's just that it's almost entirely pointless going after an individual
by prof_hobart 14y ago
IANAL, but my understanding is that, at least in the UK, it's still illegal to download. It's just that it's almost entirely pointless going after an individual purely for downloading. You could claim the cost of the individualy pirated item plus probably a few £ in damages - for a single movie, I doubt you'd get into triple figures.
But with uploading, you can claim a cut of every single download that other people could have done from your file. This can be run into many thousands of pounds per file.
- __alexs 14y agoThe BPI's own FAQ seems to suggest that their case against downloaders is rather thin if existant at all. http://www.bpi.co.uk/digital-music/article/online-faqs.aspx http://www.bpi.co.uk/digital-music/article/online-faqs.aspx
- prof_hobart 14y ago> Downloading is when an internet user obtains a digital music file from the internet in filesharing this source is another internet user known as an uploader. Unless this act of downloading is done with the permission of the record label (for example, from a licensed service like iTunes), it is unauthorised copying and is illegal. Looks like their position is pretty clear to me - even if it's not worth actually prosecuting.