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Who is breaking the law? The person that offers stuff for downloading (eg mp3s, videos, software) or the person that actually downloads it? Does this differ from country to country? I reside in the netherlands.

Someone told me recently that the person offering the stuff is the illegal one. If the stuff that is there for downloading is simply put in a shared folder on their pc that happens to be open to the internet is that still illegal? After all they might not have realised that other people can see it and download it?