Gnutella Forums - View Single Post

murasame · #13 (**permalink**) September 4th, 2004

I'm not a law connaisseur, but I'm thinking, isn't it true that it's not how much you share but what you share that makes the difference? While sharing 1000000 files would earn you some RIAA or other similar organisation's interest, if they're all either non-copyrighted material (maybe .mp3s of your own renditions of songs) or legal material then you should be ok. On the other hand, if you share 2 files and one of them is a video of the President in a *ahem* "private" meeting, then you can be almost sure that the even the FBI might be looking for your a$$.
(Remember, I'm only speculating here, k?)
If all of this is true, wouldn't just removing the files most susceptible of getting you sued from your Shared folder(s) as they come in, be enough to make you seem less "outlaw"?
Now, I understand that, depending on the point of view, doing that is or isn't good for the Network (some might see it as less files for the network, while others might think that less trash will be shared), but, again, I'm just talking (or, more fittingly, writting) here. And again, I don't know squat about laws.