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It's worth mentioning that in Switzerland only downloading copyrighted material for personal use is Legal, not uploading.

So P2P and file sharing is still illegal since you are uploading while downloading.

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Some people have actually turned leeching to a whole new level by creating torrent clients which only download. As long as you're not using private trackers with ratio limits, you're able to download all you want without ever committing copyright infringement, at least in countries where downloading isn't illegal.

I think that will defeat the purpose of file sharing. The fact is that Switzerland is treating piracy like drugs.

It's not that bad if you use them, it's definitely bad if you are selling them.

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