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title: Laws
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sidebar_label: Laws
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- [Senate Votes to Allow FBI to Look at Your Web Browsing History Without a Warrant](https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/jgxxvk/senate-votes-to-allow-fbi-to-look-at-your-web-browsing-history-without-a-warrant)
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- [Burn, drown, or smash your phone: Forensics can extract data anyway](https://www.zdnet.com/article/burn-drown-or-smash-your-phone-forensics-can-extract-data-anyway/)
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- [A new bill could punish web platforms for using end-to-end encryption](https://www.theverge.com/2020/1/31/21116788/earn-it-act-section-230-lindsey-graham-draft-bill-encryption)
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- [French court rules that Steam’s ban on reselling used games is contrary to European law](https://www.polygon.com/2019/9/19/20874384/french-court-steam-valve-used-games-eu-law)
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- [MEPs approve sweeping changes to copyright law](https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/mar/26/meps-approve-sweeping-changes-to-copyright-law-european-copyright-directive)
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- [The Legalities of Linking](https://www.lifewire.com/legalities-of-linking-3468972)
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- [COPYRIGHT LIABILITY FOR LINKING AND EMBEDDING - Klaris Law (.PDF)](https://klarislaw.com/wp-content/uploads/klarislaw-copyright-liability-for-linking-and-embedding.pdf)
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- [EU court says linking to copyrighted material isn't illegal](https://www.engadget.com/2016/04/08/eu-court-linking-copyrighted-content-is-legal/)
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- [IP Address is Not Enough to Identify Pirate, US Court of Appeals Rules](https://torrentfreak.com/ip-address-is-not-enough-to-identify-pirate-us-court-of-appeals-rules-180828/) - ([.PDF](https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2018/08/27/17-35041.pdf))
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- [New EU Piracy Watchlist Targets Key Pirate Sites and Cloudflare](https://torrentfreak.com/new-eu-piracy-watchlist-targets-key-pirate-sites-and-cloudflare-181210/) - ([.PDF](https://torrentfreak.com/images/tradoc_157564.pdf))
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- [Domain Registrar Can be Held Liable for Pirate Site, Court Rules](https://torrentfreak.com/domain-registrar-can-be-held-liable-for-pirate-site-court-rules-181224/)
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- [Reporting When Pirate Releases Hit The Internet is Apparently Illegal Now](https://torrentfreak.com/reporting-when-pirate-releases-hit-the-internet-is-apparently-illegal-now-190101/)
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- [Swiss Copyright Law: Downloading Stays Legal, No Site Blocking](https://torrentfreak.com/swiss-copyright-law-downloading-stays-legal-no-site-blocking/)
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- [Web Sheriff](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_Sheriff)
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- [List of websites blocked in the United Kingdom](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_websites_blocked_in_the_United_Kingdom)
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- [Who Watches the Watchmen: Exploring Complaints on the Web](https://arxiv.org/abs/1902.05796)
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## Internet Service Providers
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- [Major US ISPs Refuse to Discuss Repeat Infringer Policies](https://torrentfreak.com/major-us-isps-refuse-to-discuss-repeat-infringer-policies-190912/)
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- [British ISPs throw in the towel, give up sending out toothless copyright infringement warnings](https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/07/20/creative_content_piracy/)
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- [How to start your own ISP](https://startyourownisp.com/) - Start your own ISP, lists tools which you need and lots of background information.
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### ISPs you should avoid
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- AT&T
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- CenturyLink
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- Comcast/Xfinity
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- Cox Communications
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- Spectrum/Charter
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- Telekom
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- Verizon
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- Vodafone
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## Piracy status among contries
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- [Where are torrents permitted?](https://i.imgur.com/3fHyG2S.png) - A world map (picture) which shows where warez torrenting is allowed.
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### Countries where piracy is permitted
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:::caution
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For personal use only. Publishing & sharing it is always illegal!
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- Poland
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- Spain
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- Switzerland
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- [5/MAY/20 - US Removes Switzerland From ‘Pirate WatchList’](https://torrentfreak.com/us-removes-switzerland-from-pirate-watchlist-200550/)
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### Countries where both downloading & sharing is illegal
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- Argentina
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- Bangladesh
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- Brazil
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- [Operation against digital piracy searches in 12 states](https://g1.globo.com/sp/sao-paulo/noticia/2019/11/01/policia-civil-deflagra-operacao-contra-pirataria-digital-em-sp.ghtml)
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- Canada
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- Chile
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- Columbia
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- Czech Republic
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- Denmark
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- [Denmark Blocked 141 Pirate Sites in 2019 But Pirates Are Bypassing The System](https://torrentfreak.com/denmark-blocked-141-pirate-sites-in-2019-but-pirates-are-bypassing-the-system-200503/)
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- Egypt
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- Greece
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- India
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- Iran
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- Israel
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- Malaysia
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- Mexico
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- Netherlands
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- Philippines
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- Romania
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- Singapore
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- Slovakia
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- Slovenia
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- South Korea
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- Uruguay
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- Norge
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- Sverige
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### Countries where torrenting copyright material is highly illegal
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- Australia
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- China
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- Finland
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- France
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- Germany
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- Itlay
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- Japan
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- Korea
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- Latvia
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- Portugal
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- Russia
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- UAE
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- UK
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- US
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## GeoIP restricted countries
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- Canada
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- China
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- Germany
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- India
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- Itlay
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- Japan
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- Latvia
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- Malaysia
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- Portugal
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- Russia
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- Singapore
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- South Korea
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- UAE
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- UK
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- US
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## Public DMCA complaints
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- [Lumendatabase.org](https://www.lumendatabase.org/) - A database e.g. Google uses for their blacklist, it provides hundreds of links with movie and tv shows.
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- [UK ISP Court Orders](http://www.ukispcourtorders.co.uk/) - A incomplete list of websites recently taken down in the UK by the High Court.
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- [Counterfeit and Piracy Watch List (.PDF)](https://torrentfreak.com/images/tradoc_157564.pdf) - A list from 2018 provided by Europol and others, to watch the current piracy status.
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