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Originally Posted by Digipimp
napster only got sued because they had centralized servers that contained all the info which legally made them liable for the illegal distribution. these other programs are simply peer to peer direct connects without centralized servers so they aren't liable only the users are.
and i buy about 80% of my stuff through itunes and just download the rest, if they have it on itunes right away and i can get it first thing on new release tuesday i usually just buy it, if it's not available on itunes i just download it.
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how have usenet providers (ISPs) been able to get away with providing access to servers that actually have the content ON THEM as opposed to centralized P2P networks and now even torrent sites which merely coordinate traffic? is it because fewer people use usenet?