What are the penalties for illegally downloading/uploading movies on the Internet?

Let’s just say it’s a bad idea.

What? That’s not the answer to the question! Typical political response that avoids the question – a question that’s already deliberately loaded – you can’t “illegally download movies” since it’s not illegal to do so! It’s illegal to facilitate others to download them i.e. to breach the copyright of the material you are in possession of.

What are the penalties? Answer: There are no penalties for downloading/uploading because downloading/uploading isn’t an offense. Downloading might be naughty but it’s not a crime. Sharing/uploading is an offense, but we’re not going to tell you the penalties for that anyway!! bla!

They go on to suggest that simply by downloading you’re probably an idiot who has shared the whole of your computer, or some imaginary “shared folder”, or indeed anything. Possibly true for anyone trying to get sound legal advice from an industry lobbying group!

The MPAA is an organisation with an obvious vested financial interest, and that quote is bullshit propaganda designed to scare people. It’s not legal advice.

This means you’re not only in possession of stolen goods, but you’re also a distributor. In the eyes of the law, this is a much more serious offense involving civil and criminal penalties.

“Possession of stolen goods”?? LOL. Nice try but no lawyer’s certificate today!

But here they give a hint of the truth, which would be clearer if they edited it down to: “If you’re a distributor, this is an offense involving potential civil and criminal penalties”.

and then “go here and give us money”.

I’m not commenting on the morality of downloading or sharing files, just the accuracy of the copy both here and on the site you refer to.

What are the penalties for illegally downloading/uploading movies on the Internet?

Let’s just say it’s a bad idea. Illegal downloading of movies is often done via peer-to-peer (P2P) services. Typically the way these services operate, when you download an illegal file , you also agree to make that file available (along with everything else on your computer’s “shared folder”) to other members of the P2P network. This means you’re not only in possession of stolen goods, but you’re also a distributor. In the eyes of the law, this is a much more serious offense involving civil and criminal penalties. Bottom line: It’s not worth it. Here’s a list of sites that offer movies and TV shows easily and legally online.

Via the MPAA site @ http://www.mpaa.org/contentprotection_faq.asp

Open Source
PeerGuardian 2 is Open Source, meaning the program code is available online for anyone who wants it. Not only does this allow you to make modifications or even branch off into your own project, but it encourages peer review of the code making sure any bugs are eliminated swiftly. Because PeerGuardian 2 is Open Source, you can rest assured there are no backdoors or spyware included.

I would say they took the source, changed the name and released it. All the above screen shots are identical to PG2.

Here’s your answer: http://www.peerblock.com/docs/faq#peerblock_vs_pg2

I was wondering the same thing.

how come ?!?

who copied from who ?