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Is copying it to your own disk a distribution? I understand than with P2P networks, you are distributing the file while downloading and that's when they get up
by runn1ng 14y ago
Is copying it to your own disk a distribution?
I understand than with P2P networks, you are distributing the file while downloading and that's when they get upset.
- icebraining 14y agoI think more than one media companies actually tried to pass the "copy from disk to memory" as requiring a license. I'm not sure how the law views it. Re: downloading, the EFF's Fred von Lohmann says it's probably infringement[1], and so do the media companies, of course. [1]: http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/p2p-downloading-is-it-legal/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/p2p-downloading-i...