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US download laws ?!

771 views · started by ~Shieru No Tamashi~ ·
#1
US download laws ?!
Do they exist and what limitations do they present?
#2
Define download laws.
#3
I mean downloading laws, like the HADOPI law in France.
#4
There are currently no such laws.
#5
I mean laws limiting "unlimited" downloading .. like music, game, movie downloads.
#6
No laws.
Pirating is frowned upon.
#7
Ok then, I asked because somebody has asked me to download something for him and then send it to him by air mail.
#8
Yeah, I have never heard of that happening.
#9
If you do that and they find out you'll be find up to 250,000 dollars in cash money or jail time.
#10
Martin wrote:
If you do that and they find out you'll be find up to 250,000 dollars in cash money or jail time.


No US resident/citizen in the hood bro' !
#11
But you'd be breaking Fench Law. Herpaderp.
#12
No US resident/citizen in the hood bro' !


It's copyright infringement.
#13
Pirating is "law-suitable".
However companies hardly ever follow through.
#14
Kain wrote:
But you'd be breaking Fench Law. Herpaderp.


I am a third-world country citizen. No such laws are even thought about !



Martin wrote:
It's copyright infringement.


You wouldn't understand it in my language.



Eli wrote:
Pirating is "law-suitable".
However companies hardly ever follow through.


That is why LG's community is flourishing.