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I don't think saving things is in general a copyright violation? Knowingly and intentionally obtaining unlicensed content is a violation. Unauthorized redistri
by Reelin 6y ago
I don't think saving things is in general a copyright violation?
Knowingly and intentionally obtaining unlicensed content is a violation. Unauthorized redistribution is a violation. Saving and copying things isn't (AFAIK) a violation.
- Mindwipe 6y agoSaving things is creating an unauthorized copy, which is fundamentally the basis of copyright. Some territories have explicit allowances for personal copies but many don't.
- jimktrains2 6y agoThere are a variety of reasons that you can have a copy of a copyrighted work it a way the copyright holder didn't intend, such as time shifting or media shifting.
- Mindwipe 6y agoAnd in many juristictions they are explicitly defined, and don't apply to copyrighted work generally, only when acquired under specific circumstances. Format shifting is explicitly illegal in the UK for example, and timeshifting is restricted to works obtained from a broadcast source by the person performing the copy, and not to an on-demand one, in many territories.