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Posted by NRen2k5 on 05/18/07 12:29
Dirk wrote:
> In the Netherlands downloading copyrighted things is not illegal, as
> long as you only use it for personal use and don't distribute it in
> any way, so uploading is illegal. Good idea they had to fight against
> the illegal distribution of copyrighted material: Only go after
> uploaders (without uploads there won't be any downloads either),
> which makes it posible to aim all your energy and resources at less
> people. Let people pay a bit more for empty media (cd's and dvd's) to
> get some money back from the downloaders to the people holding the
> copyright.
Works the same here in Canada. And I *do* mean “works.” Glad to see
somebody else somewhere has clued in.
P.S. Please don't use the “Followup-to” field like that.
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