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_wmhc
on Jan 19, 2021
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GitHub has received a DMCA from MPA about torrent ...
And in the Netherlands those
used to
make sense. As downloading copyrighted material was legal for personal use
https://mashable.com/2014/04/10/downloading-pirated-content-...
formerly_proven
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Introduce levy to cover for people copying stuff, then introduce copy protection and anti-circumvention laws so copying becomes illegal. Continue to collect levy. Ingenious.
Hamuko
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I think the basis is that you're still allowed to make private copies of CDs/DVDs/etc pretty much throughout EU.
Faark
on Jan 20, 2021
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Not when you'd need to circumvent DRM, thanks to EU Copyright Directive Article 6.
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