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Making Files Available Breaking the Law?

Posted by samzenpus on from the learn-not-to-share dept.

lordhathor2001 writes "The RIAA has argued in one of their cases that simply "making files available for distribution" violates copyright laws. This means that regardless of the legality of a file somebody has on their computer, just putting it in a shared files folder that can be accessed by other people is illegal. Although it's asinine, it really shouldn't come as any surprise given the RIAA's legal campaign that's more about what it believes than what the law actually says."

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  1. Re:Look... by simonharvey · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Thursday, 26th January

    Slashdot User #20035

    Dear HunterZ:

    Your letter has been forwarded to our psychology department for future inclusion
    of our research programme.

    Kind Regards
    Simon Harvey