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While P2P file sharing technology is completely legal, many of the files traded through P2P are copyrighted. Unless you live in Canada where citizens are shielded from P2P copyright lawsuits, downloading music, movie, and TV files will put you at risk for a civil lawsuit in any other country. These lawsuits usually take the form of class-action suits, filed against groups of users who are logged as blatantly copying and distributing copyrighted materials. Recently, the MPAA and RIAA, along with the governments of England and Australia, took several thousand users to court, demanding that they pay thousands of dollars in copyright infringement penalties. Please keep this lawsuit risk in mind when you install and use any BitTorrent software in the USA, Europe, or Asia.

SOURCE:http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/peersharing/f/torrentclients.htm

2007-07-15 01:50:43 · 2 answers · asked by AESIR 1 in Politics & Government Law & Ethics

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Canada is a member of the WTO and just like China, they will have to respond to piracy complaints that originate from USA copyright holders. The legal methods and such may be at variance with other nations, but should Canada fail to enforce rights, they will suffer sanctions or expulsion from the international community. So believe me, a mountie will knock on your door if you are stealing property. It is not a safe haven for copyright theft.

2007-07-16 09:39:30 · answer #1 · answered by lare 7 · 0 0

thnx for letting us know.

2007-07-15 02:06:55 · answer #2 · answered by roaringlion74 3 · 0 0

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