Is File Sharing of Copyrighted Materials Illegal?
The copyright law seems a bit vague when it comes to sharing copyrighted materials online where no exchange of money is involved. I mean, how can it be considered piracy when the person is willingly sharing the material free to online surfers. I’m referring to those free torrent sites that have video rips of Blu-ray and DVD contents. Mp3 files of copyrighted albums and songs that are supposed to enjoy protection against unauthorized copying.
But you’ve bought the disc of the movie or song. You should be able to do what you want with it and its contents. There are people who just love to share things, and that includes files and torrents sites that are only too happy to get them uploaded.
A simple visit to these sites reveals hundreds of thousands of movie titles and songs that anyone with a torrent client software can download. All for free. Nobody is making money out of it. Free Torrents seem like the best thing that ever happened on the internet. What do you think?