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"fair use" is the biggest lie out there. "fair use" is a pretty darn narrow concept, and certainly doesn't give anyone the permission to widely distribute copyrighted material without a license - and it doesn't grant the people who receive that material any exemption or safe harbor. Sorry, it is a horseshit excuse.
Fair use would be making a backup copy for yourself. Fair use would be making copies onto a backup tape. Fair use would be recording on your VCR off of cable. Fair use would be buying a CD and then copying it to your MP3 player.
Fair use doesn't give anyone a license to widely distribute copyrighted material.
Fair use doesn't give anyone the right to edit, modify, change, or otherwise a product and then suddenly feel that they are safe. Taking a PPV movie, recording it, and then giving it away online to 1000 people isn't fair use. That is theft.
Each of the people receiving it are receiving stolen property.
The P2P networks help to transmit or distribute stolen property.
The trackers keep track of where to find the stolen property.
The PB and similar torrent sites show you where to find the trackers.
Everyone and their dog knows that the content is stolen. It's a "no shit" situation. The arrogance of places like TPB is knowing that all the content they are listing is stolen and not giving a shit.
Gideon, have you ever produced anything in your life besides shit and hot air?
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