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You are mistaken. In many countries an explicit, legal line is drawn between uploading and downloading copyrighted material, and some allow downloading because

by Kenji 12y ago

You are mistaken. In many countries an explicit, legal line is drawn between uploading and downloading copyrighted material, and some allow downloading because otherwise clicking on a link might already incriminate you. What k___ is saying is that it's the illegal upload part that moves people away from torrent.

weinzierl 12y ago
In many countries an explicit, legal line is drawn between uploading and downloading copyrighted material, Not true in Germany, as far as I know. Nach aktuellem Urheberrecht stellen sowohl Download als auch Upload eine Urheberrechtsverletzung dar und sind als solche prinzipiell auch strafbar. [1] My translation: Under the current copyright law both download as well as upload are copyright infringement and as such, in principle, punishable. and some allow downloading because otherwise clicking on a link might already incriminate you. In Germany it does. The most prominent case, so far, was when in 2013 the law firm Urmann + Collegen sent a large number of cease and desist letters to people that used a popular adult video portal. They obtained the IP addresses from ads they allegedly published themselves. This was major news in Germany. The reason it doesn't happen more often is that going against Torrent users is much easier and less risky for the law firm. Urmann + Collegen went bankrupt in 2014 from the fall out of this case, but this is the exception. I don't have a number for 2013, but in 2011 the mentioned law firm alone sent 70000 cease and desist letters amounting 90 million Euro. What k___ is saying is that it's the illegal upload part that moves people away from torrent. I understood, but that's not relevant for Germany. Even if it was true it wouldn't matter, because the two points I mentioned give the cease and desist lawyers (Abmahnanwälte) a much easier way to go against downloaders. [1] http://www.rechtsanwaltskanzlei-urheberrecht.de/news/Abmahnung_Download_Uplo http://www.rechtsanwaltskanzlei-urheberrecht.de/news/Abmahnu...

by Kenji 12y ago

weinzierl 12y ago

In many countries an explicit, legal line is drawn between uploading and downloading copyrighted material, Not true in Germany, as far as I know. Nach aktuellem Urheberrecht stellen sowohl Download als auch Upload eine Urheberrechtsverletzung dar und sind als solche prinzipiell auch strafbar. [1] My translation: Under the current copyright law both download as well as upload are copyright infringement and as such, in principle, punishable. and some allow downloading because otherwise clicking on a link might already incriminate you. In Germany it does. The most prominent case, so far, was when in 2013 the law firm Urmann + Collegen sent a large number of cease and desist letters to people that used a popular adult video portal. They obtained the IP addresses from ads they allegedly published themselves. This was major news in Germany. The reason it doesn't happen more often is that going against Torrent users is much easier and less risky for the law firm. Urmann + Collegen went bankrupt in 2014 from the fall out of this case, but this is the exception. I don't have a number for 2013, but in 2011 the mentioned law firm alone sent 70000 cease and desist letters amounting 90 million Euro. What k___ is saying is that it's the illegal upload part that moves people away from torrent. I understood, but that's not relevant for Germany. Even if it was true it wouldn't matter, because the two points I mentioned give the cease and desist lawyers (Abmahnanwälte) a much easier way to go against downloaders. [1] http://www.rechtsanwaltskanzlei-urheberrecht.de/news/Abmahnung_Download_Uplo http://www.rechtsanwaltskanzlei-urheberrecht.de/news/Abmahnu...