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.
how much would it cost to launch an independent server into orbit?
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
It’s not officially legalized somehow. It’s just not strictly enforced right now. They mostly don’t pay attention.
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.
I see. Thanks for the clarification!
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.
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.
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.
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.
what about piracy of russian intelectual property within russia? is it just case of double standards?
I answered in another comment, but it seems they don’t care.
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.
Didn’t Russia legalize patent theft or something after 2022?
I don’t know about that, but seems plausible.