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> (and thus download and store for personal use is legal in most countries). That's a highly questionable statement. Certainly, most European countries do not
by Mindwipe 6y ago
> (and thus download and store for personal use is legal in most countries).
That's a highly questionable statement. Certainly, most European countries do not have such a law in all circumstances, and it's dependent on if the personal use copy is made of an asset you are licensed to have permanent access to (which you aren't of a collectively licensed work) or a broadcast for timeshifted purpose (which an on-demand asset isn't).
- Rochus 6y ago> if the personal use copy is made of an asset you are licensed to have permanent access to Apparently you're in a Common Law country. In European countries making a copy for personal use is generally legal, unless the user should have been aware that the content was uploaded illegally; in the case of Youtube, the user may generally assume that the content has been uploaded legally, because Youtube has concluded contracts with most copyright collectives and the compensation is made in the form of a flat-rate surcharge on all storage media. In Switzerland you may even legally download illegal content for personal use and also circumvent a copy protection for the purpose of creating a personal copy. EDIT: and did I mention that I studied law in Switzerland?
- BlueTemplar 6y agoYouTube makes these videos freely available. Downloading them is completely legal. (So is videotaping them with an external camera, or anything in-between.)