Piracy Checks At LAN Parties?

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Well Zoid stumbled upon this story about a LAN party in Denmark that was busted for software piracy by an anti-piracy group. Now, while this did not happen in the states, it does pose some interesting concerns. For one, not only are the participants getting investigated and fined, but the organizers of the event are as well for providing the network.

So what if there is a piracy crackdown here at LAN parties. How hard would it be for someone from the SPA to hook up to the LAN at QuakeCon and find hundreds of copies of Photoshop and Office floating around? Or what of the thousands of gigs of MP3's being shared? Who will be held responsible? I'll admit that I know nothing about these laws, so I figured I'd pose the questions to you guys.

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