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Not everyone lives in 'murrica.

In Switzerland (and Germany I think) downloading is perfectly legal. Uploading is not, as you are distributing instead of just consuming.

Similar to how drug laws work here, you won't get busted for smoking a joint, but you will get busted for selling stuff.



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