Peer2Peer and legal issues ...

Is file-sharing networks are legal?In general, the networks and applications needed for their use, as long as they are distributed under license from freeware, or have been lawfully acquired, are theoretically consistent with the law. However, the exchange of files that violate copyright law is no longer an offense, and sometimes (when it is conducted on a larger scale) and treated as a crime for them even threatened deprivation of liberty.Networks in fear of attacks and processes try to protect themselves and members in many ways. One of them was the opt-out. He was blocking the dissemination of music files on the network from a list provided by the copyright owners rights to them. The law, however, it was not enough. Subsequent rulings (most probably suffered at the Napster - the first widely published and popularized a network of Peer-To-Peer) network owners forced to introduce a system of opt-in. This system was to lock all the files on which the Peer2Peer network has no copyright. Despite this, many applications allow you to continue downloading files prohibited.In accordance with Polish law, downloading files via P2P networks is not a crime, when downloaded files are used only for their own commercial purposes. Treated, as a crime is a large-scale distribution of files through a network of Peer-To-Peer - where to do so, we can expect to visit the House of Lords in uniform ...Author: slightyboy