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On 18 March 2010 16:49, Simon Williams <simon@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > 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. >> Legitimate 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 – people who make files available – 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 > Just a point - according to media industry the same file can be legally downloaded but illegally uploaded -- 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