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Besides, it's easy enough to track former IPs.

And even besides that, anyone who's on a dial-up modem isn't exactly going to be a supernode or big into the file-sharing racket at all.

how many music files do you guys have?

1748 in total.

1315 on my winamp list.

I've actually only got just over 200.

Collecting mp3's is the closest thing to a hobby I have.

Axtech wrote:I've actually only got just over 200.

Same here.

:::troy:::

It's mostly live stuff, videos and about 6 albums I've ripped.

Any other music I like, I buy.

1300

i'm always paranoid that somethings going to happen to a cd i own so i always have the songs so i can burn a back up, that and try alot of new bands online, i always go out and buy the album if i like them though, if i don't they get deleted

Axtech wrote:It's mostly live stuff, videos and about 6 albums I've ripped.

Any other music I like, I buy.

That's pretty much all i have. Just stuff i can't get on cd. And i have a little less than 400 of them .

I have around 50.

4 songs from Kazaa and the rest are from the Hub

Well at least I'm smart enough to abuse this freedom.

750 ish, i havnt been downloading as fast as i normally do because of the RIAA bastards, but they havnt stopped me

FUCK

However, they are wrong...

Thus, whenever someone downloads from your computer, your computer makes a copy for their use. This is infringement with no exemption, because you are entirely responsible for what your computer does.

You are making a copy of my file. My computer is not making a copy. There is never more than one copy on my computer at any time. A partial copy is on your (the downloaders) computer until the full file is downloaded. Therefore, I am not copying it to give to you, you are borrowing my resources to copy it yourself. So, I win.

I posted a rebuttle on that site...

Thus, whenever someone downwnloads from your computer, your computer makes a copy for their use. This is infringement with no exemption, because you are entirely responsible for what your computer does.

However, you are making a copy of my file. My computer is not making a copy. There is never more than one copy on my computer at any time. A partial copy is on your (the downloaders) computer until the full file is downloaded. Therefore, I am not copying it to give to you, you are borrowing my resources to copy it yourself.

In fact, you could not have designed a law which more perfectly captures the peer to peer process. "Private copying" is a term of art in the Act. In Canada, if I own a CD and you borrow it and make a copy of it that is legal private copying; however, if I make you a copy of that same CD and give it to you that would be infringement. Odd, but ideal for protecting file sharers.
- Jay Currie at http://techcentralstation.com/081803C.html

So, as you can see, this is legal in Canada. Unless, of course, I've missed something.

I should add that I am not a law student, but I am a Canadian who is watching this situation closely.

It seems to be that downloading mp3's is legal, but allowing others to download off of you is not.

So I'm safe, because I don't share.

But downloading them is just borrowing my resources and copying it yourself.

Which means...?