leonardgid Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 Hit here raiders , question because a lot of people like my self do not understand or know all the laws around downloading , streaming, watching movies , on their computers , tv's , the question is not so we can find a way to break the law , its so that we can use the internet legally and/or avoid fines because of ignorance , now take me for example , i love watching old movies from the 60s, 70s, 80s etc , nothing new , there are sites that have free streaming , to me that means i search for a movie from the 70s , it shows up on the screen , i push play and watch it on my smart TV, at the end nothing is stored , i push clear history and that's the end of that . i believe that it is legal because its not actually downloading /storing that movie , its just watching it , can someone that knows about these thing please let us know if that is actually legal or not , thank you for your time and reply , administration please remove this post if its against the fishraider rules , Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingie chaser Posted September 26, 2021 Share Posted September 26, 2021 (edited) Nothings free about free streaming services like 9now etc because it's full of advertising. Not sure if file sharing downloads still exist(I'm sure it does)but I'm sure breaches copyright laws. Basically copying/downloading anything that you did not pay for is called pirating. Streaming & pirating are two different things. Edited September 26, 2021 by kingie chaser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
antonywardle Posted September 29, 2021 Share Posted September 29, 2021 Its an interesting one. Certainly there are royalty free movies that you can watch when the copyright has expired. I would say that generally, someone will own the copyright to a movie, and from there, they may or may mot allow you to watch it, usually for a fee. For you and your "is streaming ok and downloading not" question, I would put them in the same boat. The copyright message usually mentions the word broadcast and it can be argued that streaming is broadcasting. I'm not a copyright lawyer 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted September 30, 2021 Author Share Posted September 30, 2021 On 9/28/2021 at 6:23 PM, antonywardle said: Its an interesting one. Certainly there are royalty free movies that you can watch when the copyright has expired. I would say that generally, someone will own the copyright to a movie, and from there, they may or may mot allow you to watch it, usually for a fee. For you and your "is streaming ok and downloading not" question, I would put them in the same boat. The copyright message usually mentions the word broadcast and it can be argued that streaming is broadcasting. I'm not a copyright lawyer 😉 thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leonardgid Posted October 21, 2021 Author Share Posted October 21, 2021 On 9/27/2021 at 4:24 AM, kingie chaser said: Nothings free about free streaming services like 9now etc because it's full of advertising. Not sure if file sharing downloads still exist(I'm sure it does)but I'm sure breaches copyright laws. Basically copying/downloading anything that you did not pay for is called pirating. Streaming & pirating are two different things. THANK YOU Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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