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gruezyesterday at 7:34 PM1 replyview on HN

>Did you pirated this movie? No I did not, [...]

You're probably being sarcastic but that's actually how the law works. You'll note that when people get sued for "pirating" movies, it's almost always because they were caught seeding a torrent, not for the act of watching an illegal copy. Movie studios don't go after visitors of illegal streaming sites, for instance.


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aucisson_masqueyesterday at 10:38 PM

> Movie studios don't go after visitors of illegal streaming sites, for instance.

They absolutely do, in France we have Hadopi that tracks torrent leecher. Hadopi had been heavily pushed by the movie and music industry.

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