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Old 03-03-2012, 05:14 PM  
gideongallery
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Originally Posted by kane View Post
I am not talking about timeshifting. I am talking about people downloading stuff that they have never paid for.
But we are talking about a brand new fair use that is just now forming by the court system

in the context of the previous fair use that were established by the court.


Again you haven't explained why this potential loss justifies calling it infringement in one case but not in the other.

answer the fucking question

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If you do not have HBO and have not paid to see Game of Thrones then you download it you are committing copyright violation.


and that totally depends on which country you happen to live in

In canada and parts of the EU the supreme courts have ruled that violating geographic restrictions are NOT a copyright infringement.

Access shifting has been validate in some countries

Just like the piracy tax legalizes all my music downloads the courts have established something different
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