Digital collection question

Pieter12 said:

But doesn't the viewer/consumer shoulder some of the blame, like buying stolen goods?

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MattKing said:

One has to take some steps to assert "ownership" for that to be a comparable.
If something is presented in a way that permits viewing and use on one's own screens without condition, continuing to do so is merely in accord with how the thing was initially offered - essentially a permanent loan for limited purposes.

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koraks said:

Yes, but can you blame someone archiving such materials any more than someone merely viewing the content

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