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Is it illegal to watch copyrighted material online? I was told that it was the making of a copy which is illegal and simply watching is a grey area.

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by JiheishouDaigakusha on December 11th, 2010
It really depends on the laws where you are. For example, in the UK, a 'temporary, transient copy created by a machine process' isn't infringing. So I'm in the clear even if the wrong date of death is on Wikipedia.
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