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Ignoring copyright is what I'm doing right now. Downloading movies/series is not illegal in the country where I live. But I would like to pay for streaming sci

Ignoring copyright is what I'm doing right now. Downloading movies/series is not illegal in the country where I live. But I would like to pay for streaming sci-fi series online, to support them and make sure they are continued being produced. It's sad that the laws that are meant to protect copyright status are preventing me from doing that.

trotsky 16y ago
You could probably find some poor US based star trek fan that is pirating their content and pay for a netflix streaming account for them. I know it sounds a bit odd, but you could kind of look at it like buying carbon credits.
- abofh 16y ago
  Which would acquiesce the moral issues, but not the legal ones. Sorta like papal pardons <g>. Don't know of a better idea though if the content isn't reasonably available in your area.
xiaoma 16y ago
Downloading movies/series is not illegal in the country where I live. Is that country not yet part of the WTO by any chance?
- warp 16y ago
  Making a copy for private use is legal in the Netherlands, regardless of the source. That includes downloading movies and tv-shows. Distributing (uploading) however is illegal. I expect there are other european countries with similar laws.
  - xiaoma 16y ago
    IANAL, but I don't see how that kind of law can pass the three step test of the TRIPs treaty. Copying movies for personal use clearly conflicts with "a normal exploitation of the work". Then again getting EU countries to stop subsidizing their farmers will probably take decades, so this sort of violation is probably pretty far down the list. I'm not saying I agree with the current IP, but it's highly doubtful that acts violating international treaties are "legal" in the strictest sense.
    - xiaoma 16y ago
      Neither of my comments were profane or misleading, the first was an honest question and the second one supplied a reasoned point that was likely informative for at least some who read it. Both are downmodded to zero. Is this some sort of knee-jerk nationalist response or was there something wrong in either my question or my analysis?

trotsky 16y ago

You could probably find some poor US based star trek fan that is pirating their content and pay for a netflix streaming account for them. I know it sounds a bit odd, but you could kind of look at it like buying carbon credits.

abofh 16y ago
Which would acquiesce the moral issues, but not the legal ones. Sorta like papal pardons <g>. Don't know of a better idea though if the content isn't reasonably available in your area.

xiaoma 16y ago

Downloading movies/series is not illegal in the country where I live. Is that country not yet part of the WTO by any chance?

warp 16y ago
Making a copy for private use is legal in the Netherlands, regardless of the source. That includes downloading movies and tv-shows. Distributing (uploading) however is illegal. I expect there are other european countries with similar laws.
- xiaoma 16y ago
  IANAL, but I don't see how that kind of law can pass the three step test of the TRIPs treaty. Copying movies for personal use clearly conflicts with "a normal exploitation of the work". Then again getting EU countries to stop subsidizing their farmers will probably take decades, so this sort of violation is probably pretty far down the list. I'm not saying I agree with the current IP, but it's highly doubtful that acts violating international treaties are "legal" in the strictest sense.
  - xiaoma 16y ago
    Neither of my comments were profane or misleading, the first was an honest question and the second one supplied a reasoned point that was likely informative for at least some who read it. Both are downmodded to zero. Is this some sort of knee-jerk nationalist response or was there something wrong in either my question or my analysis?