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On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 3:25 PM, Julian Hall <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > dandart@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >> >> What if you DO fileshare, but don't disobey copyright law? > > Then you won't get challenged because AFAIK the challenges are based on > alleged sharing of specific items such as a game/movie/music track. > ÂLegitimate items - such as Linux distros - won't be on the watched list so > you won't attract attention sharing them :) http://www.which.co.uk/advice/what-you-need-to-know-about-file-sharing/what-is-file-sharing/index.jsp "If you use P2P software for legal downloads, disable file sharing. To date, only uploaders â people who make files available â have faced court action". This advice is harmful, and wrong. If you're only downloading legal files then how is it going to be sharing illegal files? Bandwidth is expensive, and P2P is a good way of helping to avoid costs and speed up downloads. Linux distros and free music (ocremix et al) and video use this a lot. They've got enough trouble trying to get people to seed as it is. This is very bad advice. Simon -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html