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_b8r0 on Jan 16, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Oink.cd founder Alan Ellis cleared of fraud charge...

The torrents themselves are not copyright. They contain no copyrighted data. He didn't actually share the copyrighted data, just provided a facility for others to share the torrents.

there on Jan 16, 2010 [–]

i'm aware of that, but that doesn't mean someone won't still try to drag him to court for them.

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