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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by gbear0 on Wednesday September 18, 2019 @10:45PM (#21012769)
are you saying that hypothetically, if the MPAA comes knocking on Roku's door with enough money and a fingerprint database of torrented movies/songs, Roku could then tell them they have people matching those fingerprints? After which I'm assuming they'd have enough justification to get a court order to get the contact info from Roku for matching users?
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Re:Smart TVs sending sensitive user data to Netflix and Face... by MrStonedOne on Thursday September 19, 2019 @12:04AM (#21013181)
Possession, use, and downloading of copyrighted content is legal,* or no legal streaming services could exist. Copyright law is only concerned with licensing the transfer.

* in theory, as a civil matter, they could make you destroy any unlicensed copies, but they would have a hard time getting criminal charges pressed, as well as proving damages from watching a TV show from an unlicensed provider vs a licensed one

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