so i was thinking... dont these people upload fake torrents and stuff to catch people? so wouldnt they be violating the copyright themselves by uploading the fake torrents in the first place?I believe, they upload real files, they have copyrights to, but with attached tracker. I see no copyright issues here.

...but...
http://www.mercurynews.com/ci_11004358?nclick_check=1

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Law professor fires back at song-swapping lawsuits

BOSTON—The music industry's courtroom campaign against people who share songs online is coming under counterattack.

A Harvard Law School professor has launched a constitutional assault against a federal copyright law at the heart of the industry's aggressive strategy, which has wrung payments from thousands of song-swappers since 2003.

The professor, Charles Nesson, has come to the defense of a Boston University graduate student targeted in one of the music industry's lawsuits. By taking on the case, Nesson hopes to challenge the basis for the suit, and all others LIKE it.

Nesson argues that the Digital Theft Deterrence and Copyright Damages Improvement Act of 1999 is unconstitutional because it effectively lets a private group—the Recording Industry Association of America, or RIAA—carry out civil enforcement of a criminal law. He also says the music industry group ABUSED the legal process by brandishing the prospects of lengthy and costly lawsuits in an effort to intimidate people into settling cases out of court.

Nesson, the founder of Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, said in an interview that his goal is to "turn the courts away from allowing themselves to be used like a low-grade collection agency."

could anybody else get away with speeding down the highway with a bleeding passenger in the back while making loud noises and weaving through traffic?