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Comment on Ask HN: Legality of hosting encrypted files?

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I would imagine that in the USA, you just follow the DMCA. It doesn't matter if the file is encrypted or not encrypted, compressed or not compressed.

But how would it be proven that the file being hosted is the Copyrighted file? For example, say there are 100 files on a hosting site, and when they are XORed together they create a copyrighted file. Is this illegal? What about if there are only 99/100 files? Would it be considered illegal based on intent?

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