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Originally Posted by CurrentlySober
FWIW, I am also against people who steal in order to earn money from the content. Be it by reselling it, charging others to view it, or presenting it for free in order to make money of advertisements surrounding the illegal stolen content...
But pink24 would be doing none of the above - Just archiving a legal digital backup in an appropriate place...
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As SpicyM kindly noted. As long as it’s a personal backup (private upload) there is no issue. But if he uploads it publicly (so it’s viewable by anyone, anywhere), he is distributing copyrighted material without authorization. That’s... illegal.