Posted by D.E. on 10/12/05 18:48

"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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> "D.E." <ask4myemail> wrote in message
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>> "George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> schreef in bericht
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>> > "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?
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >
>> >> > 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
>> >> > _________________________________
>> >> >
>> >>
>> >
>> > 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.
>>
>> Yep if it was kiddy porn, it is illegal to have it on your computer
>> here, so you would/could be prosecuted.
>> But that is actually something else then what hse/he was asking
>>
>> > 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.
>>
>> Yeah but that is a different discussion.
>>
>> > George Hester
>> > _________________________________
>> >
>>
>
> Question was:
>
> "Downloading from winmx, is it illegal?"
>
> Anmswer is yes it depends on what you are d/l. I answered that.

The downloading wasn`t, atleast here, the content was/could be.
I answered that.

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