download pirated movies
Topic: Digital Laws. Activity pages act as clean lookup hubs rather than a second content source.
Activity overview
What this hub is for
This activity currently has 27 starter country rows in the reset dataset. The current sample leans toward illegal outcomes, which is enough to test browse flows without pretending the dataset is complete.
Starter comparison cards
These show the countries currently mapped for this activity in the reset dataset.
Argentina
Argentina's copyright regime protects intellectual works and official Justice material treats piracy as an infringement that can be pursued through civil or criminal routes. Downloading pirated movies from an unauthorized source should not be treated as lawful personal use.
Australia
Downloading pirated movies in Australia can infringe copyright and IP Australia gives downloading movies from the internet without permission as an example of copyright infringement.
Austria
Austria’s official online safety guidance says file-sharing downloads of music and films are not permitted and warns against using unlawful sources.
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan’s copyright law treats unauthorized reproduction or distribution of works and phonograms as infringement, and pirated copies include copies whose production or distribution infringes copyright.
Belgium
Belgian copyright guidance says copyright also applies on the internet and that permission from the author or right holder is needed before downloading protected works. Downloading pirated movies from unauthorized sources is therefore not lawful.
Bolivia
Bolivia's copyright law gives the rights holder exclusive control over reproducing and communicating protected works and treats unauthorized reproduction, communication and distribution of protected works and films as copyright violations. Downloading pirated movies from an unauthorized source should not be treated as lawful personal use.
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia and Herzegovina's copyright law gives the right holder exclusive rights over reproduction, distribution and making works available to the public. Downloading pirated movies from an unauthorized source is not treated as lawful personal use.
Canada
Downloading pirated movies in Canada can amount to copyright infringement and the Government of Canada uses downloading a movie from a website that hosts pirated content as an example of infringing activity.
All current country rows
The table remains useful for auditing coverage and row state while the data is still sparse.
| Country | Status | Row state |
|---|---|---|
| Argentina | No | verified |
| Australia | No | verified |
| Austria | No | verified |
| Azerbaijan | No | verified |
| Belgium | No | verified |
| Bolivia | No | verified |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | No | verified |
| Canada | No | verified |
| Denmark | No | verified |
| Finland | No | verified |
| France | No | verified |
| Germany | No | verified |
| Hong Kong | Unclear | verified |
| Indonesia | No | verified |
| Ireland | No | verified |
| Kenya | No | verified |
| Laos | No | verified |
| New Zealand | No | verified |
| Norway | No | verified |
| Pakistan | No | verified |
| Philippines | No | verified |
| Portugal | No | verified |
| Singapore | No | verified |
| Switzerland | Yes | verified |
| Uganda | No | verified |
| United Kingdom | No | verified |
| Venezuela | No | verified |