illegal downloads/uploads?

[lime05]

i know the legal aspect of file sharing music has been discussed on this forum. music is only illegal to download if its copyrighted.

but what i was wondering was how is copyrighted music available to download in the first place. obiviously the people who are uploading the music arent getting caught because if they were they would be made to delete the files as well as recieving a fine. i know due to nature of the internet its hard to trace people as files arent stored in one central location. but people have been caught downloading copyrighted music and have faced fines of around £2,500. why arent the uploaders being caught? any explanations. thanks.

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[stief]

There are millions of people at any moment sharing files around the world. Sometimes they only share for a few hours, but then another million comes along . . . and so forth.

There are probably millions of people driving their cars over the speed limit at any one time around the world.

I wouldn't want the job of stopping all the speeders, especially on roads where no speed limits were posted.

[Grandpa]

stief

Congratulations that is the most uncomplicated and easiest to understand explanation of the way things are I have ever seen.

[lime05]

Originally posted by stief
There are millions of people at any moment sharing files around the world. Sometimes they only share for a few hours, but then another million comes along . . . and so forth.

There are probably millions of people driving their cars over the speed limit at any one time around the world.

I wouldn't want the job of stopping all the speeders, especially on roads where no speed limits were posted.

thanks for your reply. i understand what you mean. the people who illegally upload music files, do they usually own the server their uploading to or do they use a public one. if its not the latter i guess that would make it even harder to trace them.

[Peerless]

Originally posted by lime05
thanks for your reply. i understand what you mean. the people who illegally upload music files, do they usually own the server their uploading to or do they use a public one. if its not the latter i guess that would make it even harder to trace them.

enuf of the stupid queries....read the forums, and understand, instead of trying to get an answer you will never get, simply because it's NOT true...

sheesh...now go tell your employer you have nothing to report, because there is nothing to report

[lime05]

Originally posted by Peerless
enuf of the stupid queries....read the forums, and understand, instead of trying to get an answer you will never get, simply because it's NOT true...

sheesh...now go tell your employer you have nothing to report, because there is nothing to report

what is NOT true exactly?