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I do use a Borne Again Shell :P ObOnTopic: I thought the way copyright was written was that downloading is not illegal, but uploading (transmitting) was that a
by TheAmazingIdiot 14y ago
I do use a Borne Again Shell :P
ObOnTopic: I thought the way copyright was written was that downloading is not illegal, but uploading (transmitting) was that actual illegal action. The only reason torrenters get in trouble is because they upload and download at the same time.
That could be a legal technicality in which someone writes a torrent client to download only, as to show lack of culpability in the act of uploading. Of course, this does indeed kill the network.
- icebraining 14y agoBitThief is a free riding BitTorrent client, that is, it downloads from BitTorrent swarms without contributing any resources itself. http://bitthief.ethz.ch/ http://bitthief.ethz.ch/
- mileswu 14y agoI believe it depends on the country. I think in Switzerland (and perhaps Canada for music?) downloading copyrighted material was legal, but uploading was illegal. But I am pretty sure that is not the case for the US, and downloading is still copyright infringement. Perhaps food for thought here http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/p2p-downloading-is-it-legal/ http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2009/09/p2p-downloading-i...