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this web site does not have a place where files are traded, mostly to keep the possibility of copyright infringement to a minimum.



Right. That's why I suggested e-mailing the files not posting or linking to them. That takes PG entirely out of the equation AFAIK.

Best,
Jim



I don’t believe that this takes PG out of the equation. Napster and other P2P sites did not have the copyrighted files on their sites. They were just a means for pirates to communicate with thieves so they could steal music. But they were hauled into court, forced to stop and pay heavy fines if I remember correctly. I do not want that to happen here.

In case you didn’t get my drift I hate people that steal music!



Hi Mario. Actually the former Napster network was entirely different than a process of two people agreeing to share files via e-mails that take place OUTSIDE the PG forum.

Napster was a Peer-to-Peer network (P2P)...the PRIMARY PURPOSE of which was to FACILITATE the sharing of copyrighted material.

That P2P network relied not only on the users all having the Napster utility installed but also...and this was the KEY to the lawsuit...a "central server" (owned an operated by Napster) that functioned as an "index" to the music that the users were willing to share.

Then, the person seeking the song clicked on a link to another user's computer and bingo...the file was transferred. BUT...that whole process relied on

A) The Napster utility which the courts ruled existed PRIMARILY for the purpose of facilitating the sharing of copyrighted material and
B)The Napster central server without which the index that pointed users to specific songs.

Sites like this one are now EXEMPT from claims of copyright infringement facilitation under the "safe harbor" provisions regarding "transitory network transmission" of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act

I get it that my idea was goofey....I have a LOT of those. (-: (and a FEW really good ones mixed in just to confound the You Can't Do That Gods! (-:

And yes, I did understand that you don't favor copyright infringement. GOOD FOR YOU!

Best,

Jim

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