Copyrighted Material

**Guyver** · 01-10-14, 07:18 PM

**Red_Lizard2** · 01-10-14, 08:47 PM

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

Their disclaimer...

There has been a case before, granted I'm pretty sure it never went to any court but, a site with that type of model got shut down by the FBI before, so despite them just linking, they still can be shut down (In the referenced case, it was a foreign site but they used a domain registered in the US, supposedly in some countries linking is considered legal, but hosting illegal).

**Kanati** · 01-10-14, 09:01 PM

So as to un-hijack Blonde's movie review thread

**Mr_Blonde_OPS** · 01-10-14, 10:03 PM

Originally Posted by Kanati8869

So as to un-hijack Blonde's movie review thread

No worries, it happens. Thanks for modding it though.

**AetheLove** · 01-11-14, 12:16 AM

Originally Posted by deputyfestus

I get your position on the matter, I have a question though if I'm viewing said content on said sites player I'm dling it? If that's the case I should find said file on my hd yes or no? Serious question really. I'm not trying to be flippant or a smart ass as I don't know the answer.

Yes, in a real sense it's being downloaded to your computer. In most cases it's dl'ing the entire file. In some cases it's possible that the entire file doesn't exist on your computer.

The people who are caretakers for the content (owners, or delivery boys) want to have their cake and eat it too. The market motivation is not about ownership - it's about control. The people who deliver the content want to control how you get access to it. They want to use your hardware, and your software, to deliver the content in the way they prefer. This is why they try to get you to believe in a distinction between "downloading" and "streaming". They want you to think that those are different things, and they will try to make the software behave in a way that fosters that illusion.

On the two operating systems I regularly deal with, "streamed" content does wind up as a file in your file system. But as soon as the file is created in your local file system, it is marked "deleted". The file still accumulates in your local storage as it continues to stream (download), but it isn't easily accessible to the user.

But it's still there. If you know how to find it, you can copy/write it to a new file that is easy for you to see or manipulate.

Cheers,

AetheLove