OT: It's legal to download [Was: Re: [Fwd: Preliminary investigation were started]]

From: Jan Minar (Jan.Minar_at_seznam.cz)
Date: 01/14/04

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    On Wed, Jan 14, 2004 at 09:41:25PM +0000, Joseph Jones wrote:
    > Downloading of Movies, MP3s and Software is illegal and punishable by law.

    Actually, it is not. Not even when the thing is copyrighted. Maybe in
    your jurisdiction, but definitively not in mine.

    Cheers,
    Jan. 

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