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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of course it’s illegal. There’s nothing gray about it. [/quote]

It depends on how you watch the pirated content. If is clearly illegal to download and save copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright holder. In the 90s, the music industry demonstrated that while they could pursue individuals for these types of violations it was so unproductive and poorly received, they gave up. They did, however, have better luck going after individuals and companies who were distributing the content. We have come a long way from the peer-to-peer sharing of the 90s. Streaming presents a whole new batch of copyright issues. Copyright holders have repeatedly failed to prove that the buffering of the videos that occurs while streaming constitutes a copy that is protected by copyright law. Additionally, their attempts to argue that showing the video in your home counts as a public performance have also failed. Providing a video stream of copyrighted material is illegal. Watching it is likely not illegal and if anything a gray area.[/quote]

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