[pavel_lishin]

Aren't they technically the same thing? Either way, you're uploading bits to someone else, right?

[dekz]

Wouldn't making the initial files available be slightly worse then uploading partial bits?

[pavel_lishin]

Sure, but in the eyes of the law, you're still guilty.

To pick a random horseman of the infocalypse to draw an analogy from, importing drugs into the country is arguably worse than selling them on the street corner, but both are illegal.