Both are illegal.
However it's a lot easier for them to find out who's SERVING the files than
who's downloading them. Besides, one person might download, say, 10 files
a day, but one server might outload files to thousands of people a
day. They're also going on the premise that there are more downloaders
than servers, so go after the fewer (and more manageable) number of servers
and that puts an end to it.
So, yes, both are illegal, but from a practical point of view, it makes
more sense to chase the servers.
- Tab
At 05:24 PM 8/19/03, David Breneman wrote:
>Paul Root SEZ -
> > Being a distributor is illegal. Being an end user is not.
> >
>
>But receiving stolen goods is still a crime. I don't want to
>revisit the whole RIAA versus college students debate in this
>forum, but it hardly makes sense that it's illegal for you to
>give someone something, but it's legal for him to take it from
>you. Is there a fine point of law I'm missing here?
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