Watching pirated ****** online **t illegal, Indian court rules
 

Watching pirated ****** online **t illegal, Indian court rules
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Fret **t Indians, merely viewing pirated ****** online won’t land you in jail.

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Amid confusion and panic among many in India, the Bombay High Court has ruled that it is **t illegal to watch pirated content on the web. The ruling addresses a somewhat misleading **tice posted by internet service providers in India last month which said that “viewing” copyright infringing content too is a punishable act under Indian law.

Justice Gautam Patel of the Bombay High Court ruled that only when a user distributes a copyright infringing content that he or she is committing an offense. "The offense is **t in viewing, but in making a prejudicial distribution, a public exhibition or letting for sale or hire without appropriate permission copyright-protected material," he Read more...

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