Re: Today on fines for using filesharing 'websites'
"Tim Ivorson" <tim.ivorson-y1+26A97+I9Wk0Htik3J/[email protected]> Wed, 8 Jun 2005 13:29:24 +0100 (BST)
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> Of course file-sharing is not illegal but sharing large amounts of > copyrighted material over the internet is. They didn't mention copyright violation, but I hope that most listeners will guess that that is what they meant. My main worry was that they said *criminal* offence. I thought that the report was about unauthorised distribution of copyrighted recordings, not counterfeiting, leaking state secrets or other such unsavoury behaviour. Tim Ivorson verified virus free by Usermail.com