George and ddouglas: I agree with you both.
The comment I made was that the article (and subject, ie illegal file sharing) is outside of the scope of this thread (except to point out to the original post the type of sites or methods that are NOT safe).
I assume he already knew that and was the basis for his question in the first place.
Kind of like the difference between buying a car from someone who is not "licensed" in your state to sell the car, versus stealing a car.
Although the salesman may be selling the car for another party (the owner), and pays the owner the agreed upon amount from the buyer (me), and the proper transfer of title is completed...if it is later determined the salesman was not legally licensed to perform that duty, he will suffer the fines imposed by the courts for doing so.
For the prosecutor to come after me, the buyer, and require the vehicle to be relinguished or even impose fines for making the purchase seems a bit of a stretch.
Now, if I steal a car, or accept a stolen car from someone else, I deserve the full penalty of the law.
Big difference in my small mind.
Then again, I could be way off base. I only play an attorney on tv.
