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Originally Posted by Sancho
uploading is what they prosecute people for!
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Not quite, downloading copyright material is what they nick you for, sharing is a different charge they add to make the studios happy and nail some sucker for illegal distribution.
The file share sites like PB got hit not for the copyright but the fact they had an advert on the server which meant earning money from it.
Yes it was a fraction of a penny but it counted against them in court.
this is there story, i forget how to encode the links.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTOKXCEwo_8
i do like the bit where sweden tells America they they arent owned by them and to fuck off :)