While most people have vaguely innocent intentions when using filesharing programs, there are some who give groups like the RIAA fodders for their war against filesharing.

Shamed vicar Paul Battersby is one such person. Rather than using filesharing programs to download Christian rock music, he used the software to download illegal porn images. It’s frustrating that filesharing can be used to download pictures of children because it gives sickos like Battersby a chance to really mess things up for the rest of us.

Filesharing is already pretty close to being stamped out in the UK. What we want is for people to be able to use filesharing freely to get music. Something must be done to stop obscene content making its way onto filesharing networks, particularly as it is possible for innocent people to unwittingly download such material and then find themselves the subject of a criminal investigation.

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