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Old 09-17-2010, 05:05 AM  
Nathan
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Originally Posted by RazorSharpe View Post
Intent? Intent works for most other cases like, intent to defraud, intent to distribute drugs, intent to commit murder. Intent in itself is a crime so why the distinction when it comes to people stealing content?
Sure,

so you just proved "Intent of downloading a file called 'XYZ'" ... now how do you prove that is actually illegal? Without having a copy of that file XYZ and can prove its the same one and not just renamed? Many many things...
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