February 16th, 2007
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 | Spaced Out | | Join Date: November 28th, 2006 Location: Michigan, USA
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Every country has its own laws...it says in this report that Irish ISPs were ordered to turn over the names of some file sharers: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/01...s_court_order/
Yes, it is illegal to download copywrited material, even if you are not sharing the files. The chances of YOU being prosecuted is probably low...what I mean is, there are many people doing this. In the U.S., I believe it is estimated that 1 in 5 households has illegally downloaded a commercial film. Obviously, it would be quite difficult and questionable for 20% of the U.S. to be involved in a lawsuit! Most of the lawsuits that I have read about have dealt with music files and large-scale sharers. You could give PeerGuardian a look... http://phoenixlabs.org/pg2/
Good Luck 
Dano |
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