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P2P and P2P Links Ruled Legal In Spain
Nieriko writes After three years of arduous litigation, Jesus Guerra Calderon, owner of both a small bar and the P2P link webpage 'elrincondejesus.com' has beaten the SGAE (something like the Spanish version of the RIAA). The historic ruling states not only the legality of link webpages, but also the legality of P2P file-sharing networks. Quoting the judge: 'P2P Networks as mere data transmision networks between individual internet users, do not breach any rights protected by the Intellectual Property Law.' Downloading a file (from a P2P network) for private use is perfectly legal as long as there is no lucrative or collective use of the downloaded copy."
Jesus was indeed a Jew, but the Jews killed him for being too nice.
which is totally what she said
In Hungary, downloading is legal, but uploading not. So, P2P is in a grey area. However, there is a levy on all recordable media, even on pendrives and memory cards. So, clueful hungarians buy their recordable media from Slovakia where there is no such levy.
Why don't people want to pay for what they use anymore? I really do not understand this. If I take a train, I buy a ticket. If I drive a car I buy petrol. I pay for the food I eat, the books I read, the beer I drink. I pay the dentist who fills my teeth, the barber who cuts my hair... and I pay for the movies I watch and the music I listen to. What is it with people expecting the world for free and accusing anyone who wants to get paid for their work of being meglomaniacal corrupt capitalist pigs? You would seriously travel to Slovakia to avoid paying a little bit of extra on a pen drive? The world has gone loopy!