@[email protected] to Piracy: ꜱᴀɪʟ ᴛʜᴇ ʜɪɢʜ ꜱᴇᴀꜱ@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish • 1 year agoFilm companies demand names of Reddit users who discussed piracy in 2011arstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square154fedilinkarrow-up1904arrow-down17cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoAlso keep in mind that at least in Germany the act of just downloading something is not illegal. Only the uploading/seeding of content is. So just admitting to having downloaded something is not admitting to a crime at all.
minus-squarenewIdentitylinkEnglish3•edit-21 year agoNo, downloading is illegal too. It’s just the uploading/seeding that gets actively enforced since it’s a more serious crime
Also keep in mind that at least in Germany the act of just downloading something is not illegal. Only the uploading/seeding of content is. So just admitting to having downloaded something is not admitting to a crime at all.
No, downloading is illegal too. It’s just the uploading/seeding that gets actively enforced since it’s a more serious crime