| Forum Home | ||||
| Press F1 | ||||
| Thread ID: 69098 | 2006-05-22 01:17:00 | is bitTorrent legal? | lance4k (4644) | Press F1 |
| Post ID | Timestamp | Content | User | ||
| 456730 | 2006-05-22 01:17:00 | is the bitTorrent program legal? I can't find any information on it's website. | lance4k (4644) | ||
| 456731 | 2006-05-22 01:22:00 | is the bitTorrent program legal? I can't find any information on it's website. Yes.. |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 456732 | 2006-05-22 01:25:00 | I would say NO. It'll be similar to P2P. A guy I know in Mirc, got traced by downloading files / DVD's from some torrent the other week. And may get prosecuted for it. I wouldnt risk getting anything from any torrent / torrent site. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 456733 | 2006-05-22 01:30:00 | The program is probably legal, yes. What you do with it probably isn't. Example: You may have a car that is warranted, registered and you have a licence to drive it, so it's all "legal". Using that car to then rob a music store is not a legal use of the car however. |
godfather (25) | ||
| 456734 | 2006-05-22 01:37:00 | Using that car to then rob a music store is not a legal use of the car however. Not meaning to be rude or a smart arse... but are car buyers actually explicitlly told that or is it assumed that people will know not to use a car in a robbery when they 1st buy it/use it etc. Would it not be more accurate to say that stealing is not legal? I do see your point however. Guess I'm playing devil's advocate!!! ;) cheers chiefnz |
chiefnz (545) | ||
| 456735 | 2006-05-22 01:45:00 | Of course it's legal, in New Zealand. | Greg (193) | ||
| 456736 | 2006-05-22 01:48:00 | Not meaning to be rude or a smart arse... but are car buyers actually explicitlly told that or is it assumed that people will know not to use a car in a robbery when they 1st buy it/use it etc. Would it not be more accurate to say that stealing is not legal? I do see your point however. Guess I'm playing devil's advocate!!! ;) cheers chiefnz Ignorance of the law is not a defence, never has been. The analogy was just to point out that an act of stealing is not mitigated by the fact there was a method provided by which to perform it. Naturally there are also legal uses of Bittorrent, such as downloading Linux distro's, (or in the analogy, using the car to get something given away, where the person giving it away has the full legal right to do so). |
godfather (25) | ||
| 456737 | 2006-05-22 01:53:00 | lets just drop the car analogy | Greven (91) | ||
| 456738 | 2006-05-22 01:56:00 | Not meaning to be rude or a smart arse . . . but are car buyers actually explicitlly told that or is it assumed that people will know not to use a car in a robbery when they 1st buy it/use it etc . Would it not be more accurate to say that stealing is not legal? I do see your point however . Guess I'm playing devil's advocate!!! ;) cheers chiefnz so what you're saying/asking is when you buy a car, they give you a disclamer saying something like 'if this vehilcle is used in a robbery the dealer takes no responsibility' or something? just like when you download p2p there are disclamers saying they dont take responsibility for you downloading things which are illegal . right? Does anyone know what the law on downloading copywrite stuff is in NZ? coz i know you can get pinged really bad in some countries . i'm sure there's a thread on it somewhere *will do search now* |
Jimmy D (2061) | ||
| 456739 | 2006-05-22 02:08:00 | Yes bittorrent itself is 100% legal. There are a large number of genuine legal downloads available (podcasts & vidcasts) such as this one (www.twit.tv) or here. (http:) Bittorrent is a legal file distribution program when the content you are downloading is legal. You can make home movies and distribute them via bittorrent if you wish. Downloading copyright material is illegal no matter which file distribution application you use. |
Sb0h (3744) | ||
| 1 2 3 | |||||