Legal Question in Technology Law in Illinois

Filesharing

What are the laws for filesharing? I would like to know if I would be sued if I ever decided to use a peer to peer network like limewire or kazaa.


Asked on 12/10/04, 6:18 pm

1 Answer from Attorneys
Bruce Burdick Burdick Law Firm

Re: Filesharing

Depends on what you do with them. P2P has been held legal. The individual is libel for copyright infringement when copying copyrighted works, but the network is not. I am a copyright lawyer and I use Shareaza, Morpheus Ultra and Ishareit, but for legal sharing only.

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Answered on 12/12/04, 7:47 am


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