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Re:IPFS is the Distributed Web by slang800 on Monday October 24, 2016 @09:54PM (#12784638)
> except you are not allowed to download videos from YouTube or most (if not all) the popular video content services.

If you're not allowed to download videos, then how come they show up on my screen? That information wasn't on my device before I pressed the play button.

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Re:IPFS is the Distributed Web by clueless404 on Tuesday October 25, 2016 @01:45AM (#12785588)
Streaming is not downloading (and seeding).
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Re:IPFS is the Distributed Web by slang800 on Friday October 28, 2016 @08:15AM (#12815006)
Streaming _is_ downloading. It's just downloading _continuously_ as the content is presented. Whether or not you seed is an entirely separate issue and has nothing to do with streaming vs downloading.
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Re:IPFS is the Distributed Web by clueless404 on Friday October 28, 2016 @09:07AM (#12815341)
> Streaming _is_ downloading.

No, it is not. Not from a legal perspective, which is all that matters in this context. With seeding you are making things worse for yourself, as you are not merely downloading but also distributing. Seeding is also relevant with regards to downloading, as IPFS automatically starts seeding what you download.

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