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Copyright violation. People restreaming a PPV boxing stream, for example.

cchance 3y ago
Copyright violations are the distribution side, not the consumption side to my knowledge, those PPV Boxing streams don't get the viewers sued they get the distributors sued.
- dijksterhuis 3y ago
  pretty sure you’re right — but from the article > A key component of an ongoing anti-piracy campaign in the UK includes sensitizing the public to the risk of being convicted for fraud offenses carrying prison sentences of up to 10 years. Not for getting involved in the supply or sale of pirate streams, but for simply watching them. Pretty sure the premise of the article is to discredit “scare tactics” being used to claim otherwise by interested parties. I’m a big fan of copyright. Not a big fan of scaremongering.
  - ta1243 3y ago
    I'm a big fan of copyright, but the length is ridiculous. For a live cultural events it should be 1 year max. 99% of the value of Man U vs Arsenal is in the first 24 hours, before the result is known.
- CrazyStat 3y ago
  As mentioned in the article, in the UK it is nominally a crime to watch a pirate stream in order to avoid paying for the paid version of the stream. The relevant law is [1]. It is also illegal to distribute such a stream. Such streams are referred to as “illegal streams.” [1] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/notes/division/5/11 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/notes/division/...
  - axus 3y ago
    This is the country where you need a license to watch live broadcast TV. They have some experience policing video.
- notfed 3y ago
  (Regarding torrents, perhaps the most popular pirating medium...) In general, torrent users are consumers and distributors. Technically you can disable seeding, but peers can detect this and many will stop sharing with you.
Erratic6576 3y ago
You are not copying a stream
- CrazyStat 3y ago
  The law says what it says, without regard for your semantics.
  - Erratic6576 3y ago
    The law says that downloading for free is not a crime and judges abide by this law and no citizen has gone to prison. So I download

Copyright violations are the distribution side, not the consumption side to my knowledge, those PPV Boxing streams don't get the viewers sued they get the distributors sued.

dijksterhuis 3y ago
pretty sure you’re right — but from the article > A key component of an ongoing anti-piracy campaign in the UK includes sensitizing the public to the risk of being convicted for fraud offenses carrying prison sentences of up to 10 years. Not for getting involved in the supply or sale of pirate streams, but for simply watching them. Pretty sure the premise of the article is to discredit “scare tactics” being used to claim otherwise by interested parties. I’m a big fan of copyright. Not a big fan of scaremongering.
- ta1243 3y ago
  I'm a big fan of copyright, but the length is ridiculous. For a live cultural events it should be 1 year max. 99% of the value of Man U vs Arsenal is in the first 24 hours, before the result is known.
CrazyStat 3y ago
As mentioned in the article, in the UK it is nominally a crime to watch a pirate stream in order to avoid paying for the paid version of the stream. The relevant law is [1]. It is also illegal to distribute such a stream. Such streams are referred to as “illegal streams.” [1] https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/notes/division/5/11 https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2006/35/notes/division/...
- axus 3y ago
  This is the country where you need a license to watch live broadcast TV. They have some experience policing video.
notfed 3y ago
(Regarding torrents, perhaps the most popular pirating medium...) In general, torrent users are consumers and distributors. Technically you can disable seeding, but peers can detect this and many will stop sharing with you.

Erratic6576 3y ago

You are not copying a stream

CrazyStat 3y ago
The law says what it says, without regard for your semantics.
- Erratic6576 3y ago
  The law says that downloading for free is not a crime and judges abide by this law and no citizen has gone to prison. So I download