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scootsy

scootsy

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I've done extensive research on copyright laws as a part of my thesis project and in no country in the world are there laws against watching streaming content of any sort (including live streams of sporting events). The only people violating laws are those broadcasting or re-distributing live streams.
 
scootsy said:
I've done extensive research on copyright laws as a part of my thesis project and in no country in the world are there laws against watching streaming content of any sort (including live streams of sporting events). The only people violating laws are those broadcasting or re-distributing live streams.
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Good to know this thanks! How about watching tv shows online?
 
I understand you don't want me posting willy nilly, if you're concerned about liability. Just saying that you have nothing to fear and I will behave appropriately!
 
Hotttnickkk said:
Good to know this thanks! How about watching tv shows online?
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If you are streaming it online, you are not culpable, only the host is. Now if you torrent something, or download a copy, take possession of illegal copy, share, seed, anything like that, you have actually committed a felony. If you live in the USA or most of Europe that is. NZ actually has some strict laws too.
 
scootsy said:
If you are streaming it online, you are not culpable, only the host is. Now if you torrent something, or download a copy, take possession of illegal copy, share, seed, anything like that, you have actually committed a felony. If you live in the USA or most of Europe that is. NZ actually has some strict laws too.
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Cool that's good to know. I've never used torrent or file sharing programs so hopefully I'm safe.
 
How would they know you streamed it anyway? With a torrent, they can see you downloading the file right there in front of their eyes. With a stream? The industry has no access to the pirate website's logs, and can't tap into your connection. So yeah, you'll be okay.
 
Siro said:
How would they know you streamed it anyway? With a torrent, they can see you downloading the file right there in front of their eyes. With a stream? The industry has no access to the pirate website's logs, and can't tap into your connection. So yeah, you'll be okay.
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Even if there was access to all users viewing a live stream, no laws indicate that the viewers have committed any wrong act. Dana White actually got his hands on the logs (names, emails, cc#'s) of a website they took down that was hosting live streams. They sued everyone involved, parent company, site's moderators and users who accessed the stream (although Siro is right, they had no way of knowing WHICH users accessed the stream), the only lawsuit that stuck was against the site's moderators for broadcasting.
 
BUMP cause i saw that someone feared infraction in the game thread. still no laws against watching streams, only illegal to host one.
 
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