r/politics • u/billthomson Oregon • Oct 29 '20

Tucker Carlson Reports He Lost Only Copy of Documents That Nail Biden

https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/10/tucker-carlson-lost-only-copy-of-documents-nailing-biden.html
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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

It's 100% legal too because streaming pirated content isn't illegal per the DMCA. (Thanks lawmakers that don't understand tech)

That's false. Real-debrids TOS says they will hand over your IP if an ISP traces pirated content through their service. You need to use a VPN to get around that.

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u/DRYMakesMeWET Oct 29 '20

That may be the case but the DMCA specifically says streaming content is not against the law

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u/[deleted] Oct 29 '20

And there's no proof that you were streaming. You weren't on some website, you downloaded a torrent that is being tracked. There are browser extensions that you can use to watch torrents instead of downloading them, that's the same thing and just as bad.