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The law could just be that piracy is not considered "piracy" if you otherwise have a license for the content you're pirating. So it would make it legal to use piracy for format-shifting or working around situations like this one.


I'm not sure if that would apply to torrents, as you are also effectively sharing content with others while downloading.

It would be better that the law would require to make the content available for a download, using DRM / encryption that can work offline without any connections to a DRM server. Maybe using a personal encryption key.


Seeders could earn a cut by helping with distribution.

I believe the onus would be on the downloader to prove they have the original / a license.




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