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Originally Posted by athlonkmf
that is not entirely true for all countries. In the netherlands, downloading is not illegal, as long as you don't break any copyright measures. That means you can download software and games, but can't install and use them (if they need to be cracked)
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Here in Switzerland, in theory, it's not punishable to download something through the internet. Supporters of the "Schweizer Urheberrechtsgesetz" (URG) argue that it's the responsibility of the copyright-holder to make sure something that should not appear online does not appear online. Swiss jurists argue that it's too much to ask of the consumer to figure out what's legal and what's illegal.
Furthermore, the law explicitly allows the cracking of DRM protections for private use.
For obvious reasons, this law is under constant attack and likely to be changed in the future.