<div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 28, 2009 at 4:22 PM, David Brodbeck <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:gull@gull.us">gull@gull.us</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">Steve Hodge wrote:<br>
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Of course it does - downloading from the server is creating a copy. This is legally well established.<br>
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Is there a legal distinction between "downloading" and "streaming"? I don't actually know. Hulu is streamed video. It *could* be downloaded, of course, but that's not how Boxee plays it.</blockquote>
</div><br>As far as I know there is no distinction, but I'm not an IP lawyer.<br><br>But consider a similar case though: say there was a subscription based internet radio station that didn't have very good security - someone was able to build an app that would bypass the security and listen for free. Do you agree that using the app to listen for free would constitute copyright infringement?<br>
<br>Regards,<br>Steve<br>