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[–] sonalder@lemmy.ml 26 points 22 hours ago (1 children)

It depends on your local laws I think. I'm pretty sure downloading free copyrighted product from an unauthorized source is still illegal in France for exemple.

[–] Mondez@lemdro.id 2 points 11 hours ago (1 children)

How are you, the naive seeker, supposed to know if something is authorised or not?

By fucking obviousness.

At least that's what a court would rule, likely with more formal terminology.