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Aside: article points a finger at sanctions but doesn't mention another fascinating problem-- Iran is one of the few countries left that isn't party to a copyri
by ectocardia 5y ago
Aside: article points a finger at sanctions but doesn't mention another fascinating problem-- Iran is one of the few countries left that isn't party to a copyright treaty. As Iranian author, would have to do first publication in a treaty country-- but the legal definition of "publication" is outdated in several countries and might not include, e.g., streaming. Good on these 30M guys for doing the work.
- sidpatil 5y ago> Iran is one of the few countries left that isn't party to a copyright treaty Is this why many movie piracy sites are hosted on .ir domains?
- markdown 5y agoI don't believe I've ever seen a .ir website in my ~25 years online.
- sudosysgen 5y agoWell, if you ever need to use some software you lost the license to after legitimately purchasing it, a lot of .ir websites have very good selections of ways around that for almost any software you can imagine. That goes with sanctions; as a result the Iranian warez scene is actually vital to their economy.
- markdown 5y agoI'd be wary of any such websites. Do you have a link or two so I know to avoid them?
- smnrchrds 5y agoI have never seen one. Bandwidth costs are ridiculously high in Iran, so most websites are hosted outside of Iran. There are Iranian piracy sites, but they block non-Iranian IP addresses to avoid being kicked off their hosting service.