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Re:Thepiratebay.se is back online by geekam on Saturday January 31, 2015 @12:00PM (#8977175)
> I believe there is legal precedent that you can't be prosecuted for downloading something from a site like TPB, only from uploading to others

I did not know that's the case. Do you have a source to confirm this?

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Re:Thepiratebay.se is back online by gpvos on Saturday January 31, 2015 @01:40PM (#8977552)
This used to be the case in the Netherlands, until an EU directive overrode it. No idea about the US, sorry.
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