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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by seba_dos1 on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @10:29AM (#17969115)
It's like this in Poland for sure. You can't share, but can download. Doesn't apply to software of course due to its different licensing schema.
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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by h91wka on Wednesday September 12, 2018 @11:06AM (#17969501)
That still makes torrenting illegal
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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by megous on Thursday September 13, 2018 @11:54AM (#17979578)
Yes, but how would you prove how many copies of something someone shared?
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Re:EU approves internet copyright law, including ‘link tax’ ... by Gaelan on Friday September 14, 2018 @02:10AM (#17985049)
Not if you just leech, right?
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