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Re:Kim Dotcom permitted to livestream his appeal against ext... by toomanybeersies on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @05:44PM (#12394181)
I presume that it makes a difference legally. You can't use it as evidence in court (for future court cases perhaps) if you're not legally allowed to have it.

At least that's my suspicion.

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Re:Kim Dotcom permitted to livestream his appeal against ext... by eric_h on Tuesday August 30, 2016 @06:02PM (#12394313)
I suspect you're right. Can one, however, be compelled legally to delete a copy of a downloaded video that you were legally allowed to download?

I suspect, therefore, that it will have legal standing that it will not be allowed in court, and it will be illegal to distribute the video, but I feel as though you can't legally compel me to delete it.

Of course, I'm not a lawyer, but I could encrypt the video such that you could never prove I had it.

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