Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by simonh on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @06:14AM
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Why the content receiver? That would be like a musician suing viewers for listening to their copyrighted music playing in the background of Youtube videos. It's the responsibility of people disseminating content to ensure they have the right to do so. That's why file sharing cases focus on the sharing, not the downloading per se.
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Re:Teenager facing prison for downloading unsecured files fr...
by LoSboccacc on Tuesday April 17, 2018 @06:22AM
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I was under the idea that possession is still punishable, even if it is not given the same severity as infringeme
Edit: I mean not the act of listening, but the act of storing unlicensed material