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File sharing can be said to challenge traditional IP distribution models, but it doesn't so much "challenge" copyright law as flat-out violate it.

Legislation always lags behind technology, so copyright law isn't even close to being able to deal with the internet. As a result, content owners are trying to apply the old laws, which rarely make sense, and content users are just seeing what they can get away with.

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