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Re:RPCS3 PS3 Emulator – January 2019 Progress Report by sjwright on Sunday March 17, 2019 @07:50PM (#19417589)
What you or the video player is doing is not in itself illegal. The "illegal" part, if you want to use that terminology, is the purchasing and/or possession of an illegal copy of copyrighted material. The fact of copyright infringement doesn't magically emerge through the process of playing it.

There are not—as far as I'm aware—any laws against watching copyright infringing materials; intentional possession is the entirety of crime.

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Re:RPCS3 PS3 Emulator – January 2019 Progress Report by saagarjha on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:17PM (#19417711)
Interesting. Are there any rules against watching copyrighted materials you know were obtained illegally?
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Re:RPCS3 PS3 Emulator – January 2019 Progress Report by roblabla on Sunday March 17, 2019 @08:48PM (#19417832)
No. Copyright is about making a copy. It’s literally in the name: right to copy. A file downloaded illegally means someone made a copy without being authorized by the IP holder.

What you do with the copy is irrelevant.

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Re:RPCS3 PS3 Emulator – January 2019 Progress Report by mrkstu on Sunday March 17, 2019 @11:06PM (#19418415)
There are 'performance rights' that are separate from the direct copyright infringement. i.e. if you buy a DVD legally and show it to your church's youth group, you'll be infringing on the performance rights. AFAIAA there isn't an 'enhanced' punishment if you got the IP illegally, just two separate offenses.
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