Is it legal to stream pirated content in Denmark?
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Legal position
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The Danish Ministry of Culture says streamed films are lawful where the rights holder has permitted the streaming, but if permission has not been given the viewer will generally infringe because a temporary copy is often stored during streaming.
Conditions
What would need to be true
Streaming from an authorised source is lawful; streaming from an unauthorised source will generally infringe where the temporary-copy condition is met.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
The Ministry also says liability for unlawful download or streaming depends on whether the user knew or should have known the material or website was unauthorised, and a user in good faith will generally not incur liability.
Penalties
Penalty snapshot
The Ministry says unlawful download or streaming can lead to criminal and or damages liability where the user knew or should have known it was not allowed.
Enforcement
How this may be enforced
Rights holders can pursue infringement, and liability depends on the source and the user's knowledge of the lack of permission.
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Compare this activity in other countries
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Argentina
The official sources reviewed clearly treat piracy as unlawful under Argentina's copyright regime, but they do not give a simple consumer-facing national answer that cleanly resolves every ordinary streaming-only scenario. The answer changes if the platform is licensed or if the stream also creates a download or copy.
Australia
The official Australian copyright material checked here does not support a simple consumer-facing yes or no answer for streaming pirated content even though it clearly says copyright owners control acts such as making content available online and other communications of copyright material.
Austria
Austria’s official online safety guidance says it is controversial whether streaming unlawful content is allowed and distinguishes mere viewing from downloading.
Belgium
Belgian authorities describe illegal streaming sites and IPTV services as unlawful and say many such sites have been blocked. Streaming copyrighted content from an unauthorized pirate service is not treated as lawful.
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