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Re:Internet user arrested for linking to other websites by Refringe on Monday April 04, 2011 @10:55PM (#2409477)
Dispute indeed. Napster failed legally because had a central datastore that aided in transferring the music. They just weren't passing around links, they were passing around files, too.
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Re:Internet user arrested for linking to other websites by tptacek on Monday April 04, 2011 @11:07PM (#2409498)
I'm saying that it's unclear that this guy had no hand in posting the actual streams, but having said that: you can be a contributory infringer without ever touching an actual copyrighted work.
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Re:Internet user arrested for linking to other websites by Refringe on Tuesday April 05, 2011 @08:44AM (#2410677)
I know what you're saying and I agree; I just wanted to touch on the Napster point.
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