[bumblebeard]

That's my understanding of how the law works in the US. In the UK though it sounds like you're breaking the law if you watch the stream as well.

[hunta2097]

That's how things used to be in the UK.

UK copyright law was aimed at counterfeiters (seedy Joe who sells knock-off T-Shirts, CDs and tapes down the local pub).

Now with the Digital Economy amendments, we have an extremely vague mention of "violating copyright".

Are you violating copyright when consuming, or just when distributing? The act does not say.

I expect there will be a few test cases to work this out but in the meantime, the press is having a field-day by promoting the worst case scenario for even minor infractions.