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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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