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Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by gpm on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @01:09AM (#23076731)
Intent matters.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by koonsolo on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:58AM (#23077258)
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 (#23078501)
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 (#23077287)
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.
Re:Popcorn Time repository unavailable due to DMCA takedown by opinologo on Tuesday May 05, 2020 @02:48AM (#23077216)
in a broad sense internet is for sharing information. Hence facilitating copyright abuse..