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Is downloading movies illegal?
by eweise 9y ago
Is downloading movies illegal?
- Anon1096 9y agoSharing copyrighted content is
- icebraining 9y agoNot just sharing - even loading a program to RAM to run it is considered a copy and needs a license, as per MAI v. Peak.
- sp332 9y agoThey can sue for copyright infringement, but since the damages are tiny, they generally don't bother. What's different since the DMCA is that "commercial scale" infringement is now a criminal offense even if you're not making any money. And if you're uploading, say by using a bittorrent client which uploads while you're "downloading", then they could make a criminal case.
- narrowrail 9y agoWell, given the question asked, we need to be clear that the legality of downloading copyrighted content varies by country. Also, the DMCA[0] has been around for 21 years, so it's not exactly a recent change. The last time the industry went after a torrenter, it was Hunger Games (2010), IIRC; I always attributed to the Streisand affect[1]. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_Act https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Millennium_Copyright_A... [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect