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by probably_wrong 4448 days ago
The case for Germany is kind of weird, though: downloading is illegal, but streaming is not (or, to be more precise, it's the streaming service's job to make sure they don't host illegal content[1]).

So essentially I'm not allowed to download a movie, but I'm allowed to load it in my browser and watch it later.

However! If I copy the file from the browser's cache to another directory, then that's again illegal. I find this puzzling, but then again, I won't be the one who complains for having a loophole (or is it?) that allows me to download any movie without fear of retribution.

[1] https://torrentfreak.com/viewing-pirated-streams-is-not-ille...

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Just keeps all your movies in the cache folder :D
even better; name your mountpoint /cache! Problem solved.