Posted by HibiscuzBeaver on 10/10/05 03:02

so basically i should just pay for my music from napster or somewhere so i
can avoid fines and jail time. i mean why would they let winmx go on for
years and then all the sudden just shut it down? it sucks.....

"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> >> Downloading from winmx, is it illegal?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > 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.
>>
>> It also depends on where you are located.
>> Some countries have other laws, and in mine
>> downloading music/movies is not illegal.
>> Uploading is.
>>
>>
>> >
>> > 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.
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