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WallCroft:
I'm currently living in the US right now and I'm awared of this "downloading licensed stuffs is illegal". But is downloading stuffs like artbooks or H-Doujinshi from BakaBt considered to be illegal in the US? I'm living in Seattle if that's any help.

sdedalus83:

--- Quote from: WallCroft on February 14, 2010, 04:11:12 PM ---I'm currently living in the US right now and I'm awared of this "downloading licensed stuffs is illegal". But is downloading stuffs like artbooks or H-Doujinshi from BakaBt considered to be illegal in the US? I'm living in Seattle if that's any help.

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Yes it's illegal.

blubart:
yes, in Seattle it's absolutely illegal to download stuff, if you can hijack a wifi connection outside the city limit it's a completely other matter though...


kidding aside: by applying some basic logic and the knowledge that everything created is protected by some kind of copyright - even if it is not specifically licensed in your country - you should come to the conclusion that it is not legal to download something without the creators permission.

on the other hand Doujinshi are most of the time already infringing a copyright of the original creator of the character - in the end it's all a matter of whether or not the copyright holder cares to enforce his right.

WallCroft:
Alright then thank you for the replies. Wish I can get back to my home country where it's not even illegal at all to download these stuffs...

relic2279:

--- Quote from: WallCroft on February 14, 2010, 04:31:23 PM ---Alright then thank you for the replies. Wish I can get back to my home country where it's not even illegal at all to download these stuffs...

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What country do you live in? Chances are it's illegal under international law, just not as enforced.

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