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<blockquote data-quote="Drawmack" data-source="post: 1059358" data-attributes="member: 4981"><p>This is one of the new laws. The reason they made it a law is because if it's legal to download files if you own the data in another format legally then it becomes impossible to enforce that law.</p><p></p><p>If it is legal to download variant formats of legally owned data the enforcement flow goes like this:</p><p>1) scan the net and find out who is downloading the file</p><p>2) contact their ISP and find out who the person behind the connection is</p><p>3) contact their local authorities and get them involved</p><p>4) the local authorities issue a search warant</p><p>5) the local authorities search the person's house for proof of the person owning a legal copy of the material.</p><p>6) if no proof is found you may begin to prosecute. </p><p></p><p>Do you have any idea how much money that costs? They just are not going to do it for a 20 dollar book or CD.</p><p></p><p>On the other hand if it is illegal to download it the enforcement flow goes like this:</p><p>1) set up a server that holds the files and is accessible through the file sharing programs</p><p>2) when someone downloads grab their IP</p><p>3) contact their ISP and find the person behind the connection</p><p>4) issue the arrest warrant</p><p></p><p>The cost has just dropped significantly and even companies as small as d20 pdf publishers could afford to set this up if 10 - 15 of them went it together. They would only need the hardware and one techy to do the leg work of finding the person and contacting the authoritires.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Drawmack, post: 1059358, member: 4981"] This is one of the new laws. The reason they made it a law is because if it's legal to download files if you own the data in another format legally then it becomes impossible to enforce that law. If it is legal to download variant formats of legally owned data the enforcement flow goes like this: 1) scan the net and find out who is downloading the file 2) contact their ISP and find out who the person behind the connection is 3) contact their local authorities and get them involved 4) the local authorities issue a search warant 5) the local authorities search the person's house for proof of the person owning a legal copy of the material. 6) if no proof is found you may begin to prosecute. Do you have any idea how much money that costs? They just are not going to do it for a 20 dollar book or CD. On the other hand if it is illegal to download it the enforcement flow goes like this: 1) set up a server that holds the files and is accessible through the file sharing programs 2) when someone downloads grab their IP 3) contact their ISP and find the person behind the connection 4) issue the arrest warrant The cost has just dropped significantly and even companies as small as d20 pdf publishers could afford to set this up if 10 - 15 of them went it together. They would only need the hardware and one techy to do the leg work of finding the person and contacting the authoritires. [/QUOTE]
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