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On Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:41:08 +0000 James Fidell wrote: > Simon Williams wrote: > > On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 5:16 PM, Mike Martin > > <redtux1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> Just a point - according to media industry the same file can be > >> legally downloaded but illegally uploaded > > > > That sounds like a legal joke. > > > > I know that code, artwork, etc is often released as "free to use, > > but please don't distribute, link to us instead". But I seriously > > doubt anyone would sue over this unless you were making money from > > it. > > > > What other circumstances would make something free to download but > > not upload? > > Where the licensing terms make it free for one group of users, but not > for all others. It's quite common in that situation (based on my > experience) to have a clause in the licence preventing redistribution. > I imagine anything like that is unlikely to be offered by the > distributor via a P2P network though. > > James Surely the very nature of P2P anything that is *being* downloaded is also *being* uploaded at the same time. If someone releases/distributes something on P2P with a clause saying "don't upload this to others" then they really need to find out how P2P works. Grant. -- 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