>>>>> "B" == Brandon <blanu at uts.cc.utexas.edu> writes:
B> The threat is not in that you will have *all* parts of a file,
B> but in that you will have a suspiciously large number of parts
B> so that it is clear that you personally requests the file.
It probably won't matter, anyways. Contributory infringement is still
punishable.
The fact is that once a node operator is in the headlights of some
organization opposed to free data sharing -- private or public --
they're fuX0red regardless. The best-case scenario is that the
behemoth drops any charges or complaints if the node op kills their
node. The next best-case scenario is that they go to some kind of
heavy-duty civil rights trial ("BRANDON WILEY IN COURT FOR CHILD