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Zandar
Netherlands1541 Posts
Luckily they will do it in typical dutch way, like they way we condone softdrugs "Downloading to become illegal in the Netherlands, but no enforcement against downloaders" lol  Btw for people who confuse Sweden and Switzerland: Sweden: Abba, Vikings, Pippi Longstocking, Nils holgerson, knäckebröd Switzerland: Mountains, Heidy, Cuckoo clocks, Watches, Swiss knife, Tax heaven | ||
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SupLilSon
Malaysia4123 Posts
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Not_Computer
Canada2277 Posts
+ Show Spoiler + LOL at this thread, Switzerland != Sweden and of course the sarcastic Swaziland and Serbia. | ||
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kafkaesque
Germany2006 Posts
On December 05 2011 03:16 Zion9 wrote: And your a very intelligent, educated person. OH wait a second... Sorry, maybe the metaphor went over your head, Romania isn't Europe's toilet but rather its waste dumping ground. This isn't even supposed to be insulting, it's a sad fact. User was temp banned for this post. | ||
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cmen15
United States1519 Posts
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Valashu
Netherlands561 Posts
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Rannasha
Netherlands2398 Posts
On December 05 2011 03:26 Zandar wrote: And here in the netherlands they will do the opposite thing, it was legal and now they are aiming to make it illegal. They'll fail though, there's no majority for this plan in parliament. But yeah, the Netherlands has the same "advantages" as Switzerland. And it'll probably stay that way for a while. Which is good, since I currently live in the Netherlands, but it's quite likely I'll have to move to Switzerland at some point in my future (don't mind too much, except that it'll be to the French speaking part  ).One thing to note is that while downloading is legal in the Netherlands, the actual sharing / uploading of movies/music is not legal. I think this might be similar in Switzerland. This means that torrenting could still be risky (if the copyright-holders choose to prosecute individual downloaders/uploaders) as you have to upload stuff in order to be able to download. The reason that software is exempt from this law is that with software it's not about the files, but about the license you need to run the programs legally. When you download the software, you don't have the license to legally run it and you're in violation. With music/movies there is no separation between the files and the license. | ||
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jeanphil
France74 Posts
On December 05 2011 03:31 cmen15 wrote: Fckin sweet government <3 at least someone isn't getting bought up by the lobbyists haha jkjk. But really that's a sick statement to read, makes me happy. The gouvernement simply knows that the population would never accept a law that goes against downloading. | ||
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-Duderino-
United States80 Posts
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stokes17
United States1411 Posts
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DeadBull
421 Posts
but who care anyways... | ||
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PhiliBiRD
United States2643 Posts
anyways, pretty awesome. go swizterland! | ||
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DarkRise
1644 Posts
Well it's ridiculous how much they pay for actors and singers anyways so its good lol | ||
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Gnosis
Scotland912 Posts
The government concluded, then, that no change to the current legal structure was necessary, and urged the entertainment industry to grow and adapt with the changes in technology and in consumer habits, rather than trying to suppress progress. | ||
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Lukeeze[zR]
Switzerland6838 Posts
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mprs
Canada2933 Posts
Are we there yet? Are we there yet? | ||
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BlackJack
United States10574 Posts
On December 05 2011 03:24 flowSthead wrote: It depends on the law. You can compare it to laws about drugs like marijuana. Most places have laws about distribution, while some places also have laws about possession. Downloading from a filehosting site instead of bittorrent protects you from the distribution charge, but not from the possession charge. You can see this with emulators for video games since I believe in certain places it is illegal to own a downloaded game that you do not own in a legal way (Steam is downloaded but legal). In other words, if I buy a Nintendo 64 and a Super Mario 64, I can download an emulator and a copy of Mario 64 and it can be legal. If I download a copy of StarFox without the physical copy as well, then that is probably going to be illegal. Emulators themselves are, I believe, fine by themselves since they can't do anything without the games. So technically you could buy a Mario 64 without Nintendo system and still be fine legally (I believe, don't quote me on that). In any case, the law can be complicated, and I can give you no definite answers since I am not too familiar with it as every state may or may not have different relevant laws. I imagine some states also have no laws about this, and the corresponding law could be a federal one. I know it's still illegal but what about being caught? Has the entertainment industry every successfully subpoenaed information from filehosting sites or ISPs about downloading? | ||
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sVnteen
Germany2238 Posts
On December 05 2011 02:02 Sclol wrote: sure feels good Switzerland is not Sweden and not Germany (especially not the Nazi version) edit: it will not take action to alter current copyright laws allowing the downloading of music and movies for personal use. it has always been like this nothing new would you pease delete the nazi shit? cool for the guys living in switzerland makes me kinda sad though  | ||
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Cascade
Australia5405 Posts
My IKEA-made watch tells me I should finish the yodeling ABBA CD so I'll have time to go cross country skiing down the Alps. + Show Spoiler + Then i'll go download some copyrighted material for private use. | ||
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nttea
Sweden4353 Posts
making something illegal doesn't make it wrong... | ||
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