Re: How much latency do you add to torrents?

On Fri, 13 Dec 2024 10:59:07 +0100, D <[email protected]> wrote 

>> But nobody in the USA has ever been convicted of torrenting (there was one
>> set of cases which were overturned 'cuz the lawyers lied during the trial).
> 
> Wow! Very interesting. I was not aware of that, so thank you for bringing it up.
> I've seen the occasional post on torrentfreak and given the US legal culture I
> was absolutely sure of it.

The reason is complex but it's simple also in that USA copyright law
requires something like half a dozen or more tenets to be satisfied, every
single one of which *must* be satisfied in order to be considered
infringement.

I'm no lawyer so don't bring this thread to your next deposition, but the
way I understand it is that the prosecution needs to prove you (and only
you - not someone in the house whom they don't know) *distributed* the
entire copyrighted movie, in its near entirety, to a person or persons.

There are plenty of other tenets which must be fulfilled, but that is the
gotcha that explains why there has never been a successful USA case of
copyright infringement via torrents (that was fought by the defendant).