Thomas Sutpen wrote:
On Apr 5, 2005 5:01 AM, Ag. System Administrator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:It's not illegal if you're either the original copyright holder, or are provided a license by the original copyright holder.
More nice will be if this .iso file is just 451,486k of /dev/random junk.
Any proves that this file __IS__ Sybase Powerbuilder 9 Enterprise.iso?
MD5? Something?
The question that would begged to be asked is how they verified it. If they were to download copyrighted software from somebody sharing
copyrighted software, does this not also constitute a crime? Is it
not true that downloading illegally shared software is itself illegal?
I'm not a lawyer, of course, but it's been my observation that the
legal system doesn't often smile on those breaking the law to prove
that others are breaking the law, unless it's in a Hollywood movie, no
pun intended.
Perhaps copyright makes some sort of concession for this. But it makes one wonder...
It's also really the act of distribution that is the "crime" (ahem, it's actually a tort violation)...
-Barry
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