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FEB 11, 2005 05:51 AM
r3z said:
As far as Loki Torrents rolling over and taking it, does anyone here know if there's any sort of legal recourse possible against to recover donated wages, seeing as they didn't even attempt legal defense? Really, I don't think anyone had even heard of Loki Torrents until they made that bold declaration on their site, so it's even more of a thumb in the eye that they didn't even bother to fight.
[Edited on Feb 10, 2005 5:52PM]
Well, now I've learned my lesson not to support the filesharing community monetarily. I'm not scared about getting sued at all, but hopefully the stool pidgeons who ran LokiTorrent will be out a lot more than $40k as a reuslt of this. First time I've ever wanted the MPAA to win... 
FEB 11, 2005 10:35 AM
I can't quite figure this out. Pretty much every site I've been to says it is legal to download music in Canada, but about half of them say that it is illegal to upload music in Canada. A couple even said that lawsuits may be filed in Canada some time in the near future, but I'm not quite sure how that will work, I guess just if you are uploading?
Apparently it is legal to download stuff because the people who are sharing it have no idea what the file is going to be used for. The judges gave the example that just because libraries have photocopiers in them doesn't mean that the library is promoting copyright infringement (using the copier to make copies of protected books). Similarly just because people have files being shared doesn't mean they intend to break the law, we could just be assuming that people are only getting the file if they have the hardcopy of the item already. Which, of course, I only download copies of stuff I already have 
It was also ruled that ISPs do not need to share the names of people who are sharing files, because that would be a breach of privacy. Do you Americans remember privacy? It's that thing where people can't just spy on you all the time. Try to think back to before Bush... I mean Bush Sr.... or is that Reagan...
FEB 11, 2005 10:53 AM
The UK has muvh tighter laws. I think, but I could be wrong, that it is illegal to rip a cd to mp3 even if you own the real legitimate cd.
dem_z
United Kingdom
June 2004
FEB 11, 2005 05:42 AM