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Originally posted by GiantSpider
The initiative is aimed at criminals who counterfeit for commercial gain as part of a multibillion-pound network. However, civil rights campaigners fear that small-scale internet file sharers will also be vulnerable to the legislation.

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Firstly: commercial gain.
Secondly: small-scale internet file sharers (i.e. those who upload).

So it's not really any different from how it's ever been before. It's just been worded very slightly more threateningly.

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Originally posted by bach_m
it depends on the country. in many countries (like the US) neither is legal. its just not easy to catch a DLer...

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Hmm, both are illegal. It's not that it's not easy to catch a downloader, it's just that you'd be arresting half the planet if you caught them all.

Imagine going onto Kazaa with loads of perfectly legal, new-ish songs, tracing everyone who downloaded from you in an hour and sticking them in prison. You'd catch more 'criminals' than everyone else put together in a year.