US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs illegal

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September 13th, 2004, 04:17 PM

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Re: US: Stop Congress from making iPod or VCRs ill

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tesco samoa said:
actually kwok. The Courts ruled this year that it is not illegal to download files from the internet.

No, it's still against the law to download copyrighted materials! As part of the reasoning for not forcing ISPs to disclose information re: Online file sharers, one judge described a p2p network as a photocopier in a library. Although it is surrounded by copyrighted materials - the photocopier (or p2p) is not illegal itself. This does not make it legal to download copyrighted materials - although it certainly makes it hard for anyone to do anything about it.

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