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Originally posted by Rat Faced@1 November 2003 - 21:18
In answer to the original question...
Yes, there is new UK copyright Law that makes downloading copyrighted material illegal (before this, it was only uploading that was illegal).
However, you must read this in conjunction with IT/Communications law.
In the UK, monitoring someones communications, including the internet, is illegal for everyone except the Security Services...without a Court Order.
In other words.... the act is illegal, however gathering the evidence to prosecute is also illegal.
To everyone else...
Talking about the legality of Kazaa and K-lite is a little daft...as every countries/States laws are different.
In General....Kazaa is legal
K-Lite may be illegal.......depending upon how the country in question defines hacking.
K++ does not alter the source code, so in many places it is perfectly legal.
However, the way that the program is loaded has been changed, and the spyware removed.... in many places it will therefore be illegal.
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