02-17-2019, 08:04 AM
Another concern that needs to be addressed is the prospect of being sued by the RIAA, MPAA, or other copyright enforcement agencies. Many previous P2P network maintainers such as Napster and Limewire have been sued out of existence by these creeps, with damages in the hundreds of millions of dollars being rewarded. One such outfit claimed that a P2P network operator owed them more than a trillion dollars.
In the U.S. and many other Western countries, you can be found guilty of copyright infringement even if a copyrighted file never passed through your computer, if the plaintiff can show that you profited or intended to profit from other people's theft of copyrighted materials, or if they can show that you encouraged and condoned theft of such materials.
Well, I don't have the resources to fight a lawsuit from a well-funded industry group. Hence the following disclaimer.
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Peer-to-Peer Application Disclaimer
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This program is freeware. The author does not profit nor benefit materially
from the distribution or use of the software in any way.
The author of this software does not encourage or condone the use of the
software for any illicit or illegal purpose, including, but not limited to, the
distribution of third-party copyrighted materials or child pornography.
The peer-to-peer network implemented by this software is completely
decentralized. Given the litigious nature of certain copyright holders with
regard to peer-to-peer networking, the author does not, and will not, provide,
maintain, nor host any central peer cache or content tracking mechanism for use
in conjunction with the software. Users desirous of a peer discovery or content
discovery mechanism beyond that provided by the software shall be responsible
for providing said mechanisms, and shall assume any and all liabilities and
consequences, legal, moral, or otherwise, arising from the implementation and
use of said mechanism. The author hereby summarily disavows any fork of this
project or other derivative work which provides any such mechanism.
The network implemented by this software does not encrypt or otherwise
obfuscate any data conveyed over the network. It shall be the responsibility of
the user to ensure the security and privacy of data conveyed over the network.
In the U.S. and many other Western countries, you can be found guilty of copyright infringement even if a copyrighted file never passed through your computer, if the plaintiff can show that you profited or intended to profit from other people's theft of copyrighted materials, or if they can show that you encouraged and condoned theft of such materials.
Well, I don't have the resources to fight a lawsuit from a well-funded industry group. Hence the following disclaimer.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Peer-to-Peer Application Disclaimer
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
This program is freeware. The author does not profit nor benefit materially
from the distribution or use of the software in any way.
The author of this software does not encourage or condone the use of the
software for any illicit or illegal purpose, including, but not limited to, the
distribution of third-party copyrighted materials or child pornography.
The peer-to-peer network implemented by this software is completely
decentralized. Given the litigious nature of certain copyright holders with
regard to peer-to-peer networking, the author does not, and will not, provide,
maintain, nor host any central peer cache or content tracking mechanism for use
in conjunction with the software. Users desirous of a peer discovery or content
discovery mechanism beyond that provided by the software shall be responsible
for providing said mechanisms, and shall assume any and all liabilities and
consequences, legal, moral, or otherwise, arising from the implementation and
use of said mechanism. The author hereby summarily disavows any fork of this
project or other derivative work which provides any such mechanism.
The network implemented by this software does not encrypt or otherwise
obfuscate any data conveyed over the network. It shall be the responsibility of
the user to ensure the security and privacy of data conveyed over the network.
