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<blockquote data-quote="Aberzanzorax" data-source="post: 4775211" data-attributes="member: 64209"><p>Regarding places downloading may be legal... Well, here's what I found on Wikipedia (I know, not the BEST source).</p><p> </p><p>Spain</p><p>The record industries efforts to criminalize file sharing were disappointed when Judge Paz Aldecoa declared it is legal to download indiscriminately in Spain if it is done for private use and without any profit purpose,<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-48" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[49]</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-49" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[50]</span></a> as a police chief of the technology squad has publicly said "No pasa nada. Podéis bajar lo que queráis del eMule. Pero no lo vendáis." ("It's ok. You can download whatever you want with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMule" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">eMule</span></a>. But don't sell it.").<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-50" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[51]</span></a> There have also been demonstrations where the authorities has been informed that copyrighted material was going to be downloaded in a public place, last one took place on the 20th December 2008<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-51" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[52]</span></a>. The downloading was done and no legal measures could be taken against it.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-52" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[53]</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-53" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[54]</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-54" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[55]</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-55" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[56]</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-56" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[57]</span></a></p><p>Moreover, torrents sites have been found legal in several court cases<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-57" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[58]</span></a>, and the Spanish Supreme Court recently ruled that personal data associated with an IP address could only be disclosed in the course of a criminal investigation or for public safety reasons (Productores de Música de España v. Telefónica de España SAU).<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-mondaq.com-45" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[46]</span></a></p><p> </p><p><strong>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copyrighted_content_on_file_sharing_networks&action=edit&section=12" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">edit</span></a>] Copyright law in Canada</strong></p><p> </p><p>Main article: <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Sharing_in_Canada" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">File Sharing in Canada</span></a></p><p>Interestingly, Canada stands out by authorizing, at least until the projected copyright reform<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-58" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[59]</span></a> proposed by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_C-61" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">Bill C-61</span></a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-59" target="_blank"><span style="color: #0000ff">[60]</span></a>, downloads on peer-to-peer networks under the "private copying" exception. However, bill C-61 never became law because of an election in late 2008. The Conservative Party that tabled Bill C-61 have promised to do another similar bill in the future.</p><p>It is to be noted that Canada does not explicitly condone piracy. However, the federal police do not actively search for copiers that do not make profits from their illicit activities.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#Copyright_law_in_European_Union" target="_blank">Copyrighted content on file sharing networks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Aberzanzorax, post: 4775211, member: 64209"] Regarding places downloading may be legal... Well, here's what I found on Wikipedia (I know, not the BEST source). Spain The record industries efforts to criminalize file sharing were disappointed when Judge Paz Aldecoa declared it is legal to download indiscriminately in Spain if it is done for private use and without any profit purpose,[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-48"][COLOR=#0000ff][49][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-49"][COLOR=#0000ff][50][/COLOR][/URL] as a police chief of the technology squad has publicly said "No pasa nada. Podéis bajar lo que queráis del eMule. Pero no lo vendáis." ("It's ok. You can download whatever you want with [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EMule"][COLOR=#0000ff]eMule[/COLOR][/URL]. But don't sell it.").[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-50"][COLOR=#0000ff][51][/COLOR][/URL] There have also been demonstrations where the authorities has been informed that copyrighted material was going to be downloaded in a public place, last one took place on the 20th December 2008[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-51"][COLOR=#0000ff][52][/COLOR][/URL]. The downloading was done and no legal measures could be taken against it.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-52"][COLOR=#0000ff][53][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-53"][COLOR=#0000ff][54][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-54"][COLOR=#0000ff][55][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-55"][COLOR=#0000ff][56][/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-56"][COLOR=#0000ff][57][/COLOR][/URL] Moreover, torrents sites have been found legal in several court cases[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-57"][COLOR=#0000ff][58][/COLOR][/URL], and the Spanish Supreme Court recently ruled that personal data associated with an IP address could only be disclosed in the course of a criminal investigation or for public safety reasons (Productores de Música de España v. Telefónica de España SAU).[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-mondaq.com-45"][COLOR=#0000ff][46][/COLOR][/URL] [B][[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Copyrighted_content_on_file_sharing_networks&action=edit§ion=12"][COLOR=#0000ff]edit[/COLOR][/URL]] Copyright law in Canada[/B] Main article: [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Sharing_in_Canada"][COLOR=#0000ff]File Sharing in Canada[/COLOR][/URL] Interestingly, Canada stands out by authorizing, at least until the projected copyright reform[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-58"][COLOR=#0000ff][59][/COLOR][/URL] proposed by [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_C-61"][COLOR=#0000ff]Bill C-61[/COLOR][/URL][URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#cite_note-59"][COLOR=#0000ff][60][/COLOR][/URL], downloads on peer-to-peer networks under the "private copying" exception. However, bill C-61 never became law because of an election in late 2008. The Conservative Party that tabled Bill C-61 have promised to do another similar bill in the future. It is to be noted that Canada does not explicitly condone piracy. However, the federal police do not actively search for copiers that do not make profits from their illicit activities. [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_sharing_and_the_law#Copyright_law_in_European_Union"]Copyrighted content on file sharing networks - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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