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Re:Megaupload Demands Return of Millions of Dollars From U.S... by adventureful on Thursday May 31, 2012 @09:02AM (#4047765)
Legally, yes, sometimes the source of the copying is in fact criminally culpable (the print shop), but usually only if they understood what was going on.

If a print shop in Los Angeles were to serve a high volume of student customers, and the print shop knew they were breaking the law by making copies of textbooks and selling them, the print shop would have a massive liability over its head. It would require proving that the print shop knew what the students were doing.

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Re:Megaupload Demands Return of Millions of Dollars From U.S... by yashchandra on Thursday May 31, 2012 @09:23AM (#4047855)
"It would require proving that the print shop knew what the students were doing"

Exactly. It would require proving. The article is arguing that it did not happen

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Re:Megaupload Demands Return of Millions of Dollars From U.S... by jeffool on Thursday May 31, 2012 @09:49AM (#4047974)
Yes, that's what's at trial here. But in the post I replied to, I was taking issue with the insinuation that "OF COURSE that's what was happening here!" As if to imply online storage with easy download is inherently about piracy.
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