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Posted by George Hester on 10/09/05 14:23
"D.E." <ask4myemail> wrote in message
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> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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> > "Christy" <christy@netease.net> wrote in message
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> >> Downloading from winmx, is it illegal?
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> > Downloading per say is not illegal. What can make it illegal is exactly
> > what it is you are downloading. For example d/l a file I made is not
> > illegal although it may be dumb. D/l Walt Disney's Micky Mouse may be
> > because it may still be copyrighted and the distributor has not paid the
> > royalties on it nor have you.
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> It also depends on where you are located.
> Some countries have other laws, and in mine
> downloading music/movies is not illegal.
> Uploading is.
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> > George Hester
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True but like I said I think it depends on what you are d/l. If you are
downloading a file which is illegal then having the file is enough. The d/l
per say was not illegal. What is illegal is having the file u/ling it or
not. For example in China it is illegal to have speeches of Martin Luther
King. That alone is enough to get you in trouble there. We have the same
issue in the States because of our patchwork of obscenity laws.
--
George Hester
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