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Does copyright law actually make it illegal (as opposed to just frowned-upon, and maybe hindered by one's ISP) to receive pirated material? I was under the impr

• dragonwriter 7y ago
  > Does copyright law actually make it illegal (as opposed to just frowned-upon, and maybe hindered by one's ISP) to receive pirated material? Receiving, strictly, no. However with digital material, most use involves copying; for legitimate copies that copying is covered by an implied license for the normal use of the work, for copies which are not themselves authorized, there is likewise no implied license for use. Also, receipt of digital copies itself often involves copying directed by the receiver, which is prohibited, and may even involve a request from the receiver to the originator to make the copy under circumstances which would be viewed as knowing that it was unauthorized, which, may often, as a solicitation of an unlawful act, itself be illegal.