Is it legal to download pirated movies in Ireland?
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Legal position
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Irish government copyright guidance says the copyright owner has the exclusive right to copy a work and make it available to the public, and that permission is needed before using copyright material. Downloading pirated movies from unauthorized sources is therefore not lawful.
Conditions
What would need to be true
Use an authorized licensed source or obtain the right holder's permission before downloading the film.
Exceptions
Known carve-outs or edge cases
Licensed services and other authorized downloads are outside this row.
Penalties
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Enforcement
How this may be enforced
Ireland's copyright framework protects films and other audiovisual works and reserves copying and public-availability rights to the copyright owner.
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Compare this activity in other countries
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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
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