09-28-2015, 11:40 AM
(09-28-2015, 11:11 AM)Donnyho Wrote: actually, it's not really that simple. From this article in the International Business Times:
Steaming is kind of weird. The person providing the stream is obviously on the wrong side of the law. But the person watching said stream isn't really doing anything that is technically illegal.
http://www.copyright.gov/reports/studies/dmca/sec-104-report-vol-1.pdf
Feel free to take a look at the report from the DMCA itself. It certainly is a gray area, but more towards the illegal side. When you load the stream onto your computer or whatever, you are creating and viewing an unauthorized copy of their property. It certainly is gray area, and I personally think there are bigger fish to fry, but we shouldn't act as if it's fully legal.
