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Re: Is having link to copyrighted material illegal? said by AB:I'm not going to pontificate on which side of the fence this particular petition to the court or the court's ultimate ruling belongs on, but I do hope Mr. Fung is not one of those who would pretend there's no mud clinging to his shoes as he walks through the swamp. He knows full well what he's doing. Whether or not he's well within legal and moral boundaries in hosting these links, I'm not prepared to say. Guess that's part of the reason we have these courts. Good grief, AB! You didn't display much reservation in pontification over the dad-gum post title! 
Clearly, the intent wasn't targeting mere links to "copyrighted" but instead illegally (not yet, but I too think the court will rule so .. certainly, I believe it should rule so) facilitating access to either illegally obtainable or illegally altered, copyrighted, material.
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| Additionally, this is the same pig wearing a different dress. Sites which provide links to child pornography, for instance, while claiming "innocents" because they don't actually contain/host same. |
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Wichita, KS | Actually your wrong there. Child porn is illegal material and copyrighted material is not unless it's fakes.
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said by booger:said by AB:I'm not going to pontificate on which side of the fence this particular petition to the court or the court's ultimate ruling belongs on . . . Good grief, AB! You didn't display much reservation in pontification over the dad-gum post title! It seemed initially to be suggesting that I, you, and a whole lot of others might be violating some law merely by keeping bookmarks on our computers.
That's different from hosting links on a website.
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| said by AB:That's different from hosting links on a website. Recently, there was discussion in another thread here around EULA. Well intentioned people could/can drift into "gray areas" here.
The deciding to never again seek/acquire/use "cracked" versions of copyrighted software .. deciding never again to rob/steal the just reward/profit from those who've worked hard in it's creation. That's easy.
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