Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
by opinologo on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @12:10AM
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Using the same argument you could forbid internet or computers (or even both) because they facilitate copyright abuse.
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Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
by gpm on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:09AM
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Intent matters.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
by koonsolo on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:58AM
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In Belgium, you have to pay a fee when buying storage because "hey, you might store copyrighted material on there".
So "intent" can be pretty broad according to the copyright mafia.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
by koonsolo on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @06:37AM
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Hey thanks for the downvote! I'm guessing it's because of the use of "mafia".
Here is the rule for truck drivers listening to the radio in their truck: they have to pay extra copyright fee because they are listening in their work environment, and therefore the normal copyright that radio is already paying is not enough.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown
by wtallis on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @03:04AM
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Not as much as you probably think it does. Most of the important legal cases about filesharing/P2P systems and contributory infringement have hinged on whether the service operators had actual knowledge of infringement by their users, not merely a reasonable suspicion that their users expected to be able to use the software for infringement.