Are there countries/territories where copyright law is truly unenforced? (lemmy.ml)

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I'm asking this out of curiosity; I don't need to host anything that can't already be done in the West

Lots of countries have very relaxed or non-existent enforcement of torrent filesharing. That's not what I'm asking.

I'm asking about what place one could openly host every known commercial pop song and every Hollywood film without any worry about being shutdown or sued.

For a reference, according to a one-minute check of Wikipedia, the only countries which haven't ratified the Berne Convention or the TRIPS Agreement in any way are Eritrea, Kosovo, Palau and Palestine. While joining these agreements doesn't imply they're enforced, it gives an idea of how widely governments do agree to intellectual property rights.

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[-] potatoguy@lemmy.eco.br 63 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

I think Russia, because of the sanctions. What I've heard is that they stopped caring about piracy, there's piracy even on their social media, like VK, out in the open.

If it was relaxed before, now it feels like it's legalized in there.

Edit: found a source for this

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 19 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Good example, with the caveat that one would still be subject to the intellectual property rights of Russians, and I'd assume of their allies. (I know I used Hollywood in my example, that's on me)

Thanks for adding the source.

[-] potatoguy@lemmy.eco.br 12 points 1 month ago

I could find Guardians (Защитники), the action movie with the bear with a gatling gun from 2017, in VK, so idk, it might be illegal, but it seems they don't really care at all.

[-] JustVik@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

It’s not officially legalized somehow. It’s just not strictly enforced right now. They mostly don’t pay attention. But sometimes there's more chance of paying attention if it's Russian Intellectual Property. I think that if the copyright holder complains about specific content with specific links, they will delete it especially if he is from friendly countries.

[-] JustVik@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

Although I may be slightly mistaken, I seem to have found that there are now some exceptions to financial payments for patent violations in relation to unfriendly countries.

[-] protogen420@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 month ago

what about piracy of russian intelectual property within russia? is it just case of double standards?

[-] potatoguy@lemmy.eco.br 7 points 1 month ago

I answered in another comment, but it seems they don't care.

[-] Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 1 month ago

Didn't Russia legalize patent theft or something after 2022?

[-] potatoguy@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 month ago

I don't know about that, but seems plausible.

[-] JustVik@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 month ago

It's not officially legalized somehow. It's just not strictly enforced right now. They mostly don't pay attention.

[-] JustVik@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 month ago

Although I may be slightly mistaken, I seem to have found that there are some exceptions to financial payments for patent violations in relation to unfriendly countries.

[-] potatoguy@lemmy.eco.br 1 points 1 month ago

I see. Thanks for the clarification!

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago

The only thjng I would rather to than piracy is funneling money directly into Russia.
Indericetly is out of my reach but not if I can know and choose the recipient.