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Originally Posted by drjones
Also, by that logic, if you download a file that already exists on the p2p network, how can you be liable for the "ripple effect"?
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If you download the file which you had no rights to, you violated copyright at that point. No further proof is required. You have possession of a copyrighted material without permission.
Now, if you also take that file and re-seed it and share the file around again, you are part and parcel of the sharing. For want of a better description, by doing so, you have in effect become part of a conspiracy to violate copyright.
With everyone breaking the law in some fashion, and to be sharing a common goal (to rip off the record companies, get something for nothing, steal large amounts of music, etc), it adds up to conspiracy.