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Making a copy for private use is legal in the Netherlands, regardless of the source. That includes downloading movies and tv-shows. Distributing (uploading) h
by 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 agoIANAL, 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 agoNeither 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?